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Former Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder wins silver medal in Tokyo

It wasn’t meant to be this time, but Snyder still brings a silver medal home to the states.

Captain America couldn’t finish on top this time.

Former Ohio State wrestler Kyle Snyder is one of the giants of USA wrestling and had a shot at gold on Saturday. Unfortunately, the man standing in his way was an old rival that had won 56 consecutive matches.

In fact, the “Russian Tank,” Abdulrashid Sadulaev, last lost a match when Snyder took him down during the 2017 World Championships. Sadulaev was simply too much early in the match for Snyder to mount a comeback that saw him fall 6-3 in the 97kg freestyle final Saturday. As a result, Snyder finishes with a silver medal to back up the gold he won during the 2016 Rio games.

Sadulaev jumped out to a 2-0 score when Snyder was “put on the clock” for not making enough effort to score. He was unable to tally any points during the next 30 seconds, giving the Russian two points. Shortly thereafter, a step out of bounds gave Sudulaev a 3-0 advantage through the first period.

The score was pushed to 6-0 in the second period when Snyder gained the advantage on some shots but couldn’t finish the deal. Sadulaev instead was able to score on counter moves. That deficit would be too much to overcome against a guy who had yet to yield any points through the matches leading into the final.

Snyder did manage to score three points on a takedown and a step out, but that would be it for the scoring.

With the silver medal, Snyder becomes the first Ohio State wrestler to ever win multiple medals at the Olympics. And at age 25, you’d have to think this is hardly the last we’ve seen from him. Paris 2024 is just three short years away, and we’re banking on seeing the former Buckeye back on the mat.

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All Ohio State athletes taking part in the Summer Olympics

Ohio State will have a whopping 26 current and former athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Which are you most looking forward to watching?

We are officially in July, and that means the 2020 Olympic Games that are set to take place in Tokyo will be later this month. Finally, after the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on all areas of life, including the postponement of last year’s games, we finally get to witness the global spectacle.

With it, there will be plenty of current and former Ohio State athletes traveling to Japan to take part in all the fun and festivities. In fact, there will be a record 26 athletes that did or will have donned the scarlet and gray, and we wanted to make sure you knew who they all are. The previous record of Buckeyes in the Olympics was 19 in 2008.

Not all of them are playing for Team USA however, but other countries. You don’t have to be all red, white, and blue to bleed scarlet and gray heart. So here we go, information on every current and former Ohio State athlete you can follow in the upcoming Olympics set to take center stage at the end of the month.

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