As many of the world’s top wrestlers convened at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., for the third straight year, reigning World champion Kyle Snyder led a trio of U.S. wrestlers in posting 4-0 records at the Freestyle World Cup over the weekend. The individual performances, however, couldn’t lift the Americans higher than fourth as a team.
Snyder, the 2015 World champion at 97 kg/213 lbs., won on criteria (3-3) over World No. 5 Elizbar Odikadze of Georgia on Sunday evening, after defeating Iran’s Abbas Tahan, 8-1, earlier Sunday in a 2015 Worlds semifinal rematch.