American Kyle Snyder beat Azerbaijan's Khetag Gazyumov in Rio Sunday to win the gold medal in the men’s freestyle 97 kg Olympic wrestling competition.
Snyder outscored Goziumov, 3-1.
The 20-year-old Snyder, who wrestles for Ohio State, is now the youngest U.S. wrestler to win gold. Last year, at 19, he became the youngest American ever to win a world championship in wrestling.
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Snyder is also the sole gold medalist for the U.S. in men’s freestyle in Rio. There has been at least one American to win gold in the sport in every Olympics since 1968.