Kyle Snyder added another world-level medal to his already impressive collection Sunday, battling back from a disappointing semifinal loss to win bronze at the Senior Men's World Freestyle Championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The Ohio State alumnus defeated Elizbar Odikadze of Georgia, 3-0, to earn his fifth World or Olympic medal in as many years.
Fans of the 97 kg star held hopes that this year's world championships would feature the third chapter in Snyder's rivalry with Russian phenom Abdulrashid Sadulaev, but the rubber match will have to wait – perhaps until the Olympics Games next summer in Tokyo – after the American dropped a semifinal decision to fellow Olympic champion Sharif Sharifov of Azerbaijan.