Snyder Grabs Gold and Woods Earns Bronze at Worlds

2025 World Championships, Zagreb, Croatia – Photo: Durwood Tenny/Chasing Greatness

In a weight class known for strength over style, Kyle Snyder (USA) withstood the relentless pressure from Azarpira (Iran) and scored the final match points with 8 seconds remaining to earn his 4th World Title.

Team Rankings
1. Iran, 145
2. United States, 134
3. Japan, 111
4. Azerbaijan, 83
5. Bahrain, 53
6. Kazakhstan, 48
7. Kyrgyzstan, 41
8. North Korea, 35
9. Mongolia, 30
10. Uzbekistan, 30

Final Results (Group Three)
Gold – Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iran)
Silver – Kotaro Kiyooka (Japan)
Bronze – Real Woods (United States)
Bronze – Umidjon Jalolov (Uzbekistan)
5th – Peiman Biabani (Canada)
5th – Ibragim Ibragimov (UWW)
7th – Sebastian Rivera (Puerto Rico)
8th – Sujeet (India)
9th – Nachyn Kuular (Kazakhstan)
10th – Andrii Biliichuk (Ukraine)

Gold – Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iran) tech. fall Kotaro Kiyooka (Japan), 10-0
Bronze – Real Woods (United States) dec. Peiman Biabani (Canada), 3-1
Bronze – Umidjon Jalolov (Uzbekistan) dec. Ibragim Ibragimov (UWW), 7-3

97 kg
Gold – Kyle Snyder (United States)
Silver – Amirali Azarpira (Iran)
Bronze – Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain)
Bronze – Arash Yoshida (Japan)
5th – Akhmed Magamaev (Bulgaria)
5th – Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland)
7th – Vicky (India)
8th – Magomed Kurbanov (UWW)
9th – Ertugrul Agca (Germany)
10th – Arturo Silot Torres (Cuba)

Gold – Kyle Snyder (United States) dec. Amirali Azarpira (Iran), 4-2
Bronze – Akhmed Tazhudinov (Bahrain) dec. Akhmed Magamaev (Bulgaria), 13-10
Bronze – Arash Yoshida (Japan) dec. Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland), 6-0

Women’s Freestyle Results
Team Rankings (After Group One)
1. Japan, 40
2. Ukraine, 28
3. North Korea, 25
4. Canada, 21
5. Romania, 15
6. Mongolia, 15
7. Türkiye, 14
T8. Cuba, 10
T8. Norway, 10
10. Kazakhstan, 8

2025 World Championships – Podium Women’s Freestyle 55kg
Gold – Kyong Oh (North Korea)
Silver – Ekaterina Verbina (UWW)
Bronze – Sowaka Uchida (Japan)
Bronze – Andreea Ana (Romania)
5th – Elvira Suleyman Kamaloglu (Turkey)
5th – Yaynelis Sanz Verdecia (Cuba)
7th – Oleksandra Khomenets (Ukraine)
8th – Karla Godinez Gonzalez (Canada)
9th – Nishu (India)
10th – Cristelle Rodriguez (United States)

Gold – Kyong Oh (North Korea) tech. fall Ekaterina Verbina (UWW), 10-0
Bronze – Sowaka Uchida (Japan) tech. fall Elvira Suleyman Kamaloglu (Turkey), 10-0
Bronze – Andreea Ana (Romania) dec. Yaynelis Sanz Verdecia (Cuba), 6-3

2025 World Championships – Podium Women’s Freestyle 59kg
Gold – Sakura Onishi (Japan)
Silver – Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine)
Bronze – Altjin Togtokh (Mongolia)
Bronze – Laurence Beauregard (Canada)
5th – Anastasiia Sidelnikova (UWW)
5th – Othelie Hoeie (Norway)
7th –Viktoriia Khusainova (Kazakhstan)
8th – Hong Liang (China)
9th – Bediha Gun (Türkiye)
10th – Laylokhon Sobirova (Uzbekistan)

Gold – Sakura Onishi (Japan) fall Mariia Vynnyk (Ukraine), 5:51
Bronze – Altjin Togtokh (Mongolia) dec. Anastasiia Sidelnikova (UWW), 8-3
Bronze – Laurence Beauregard (Canada) fall Othelie Hoeie (Norway), 4:30

U.S. Men’s Freestyle Results
Group Three
65 kg – Real Woods (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC), Bronze Medal
WIN Maxim Sacultan (Moldova), tech. fall, 14-4
LOSS Rahman Amouzadkhalili (Iran), tech. fall, 12-1
WIN Ikromzhon Khadzhimurodov (Kyrgyzstan), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Sujeet (India), 7-5
WIN Peiman Biabani (Canada), 3-1

97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal
WIN Cristian Sarco Colmenarez (Venezuela), tech. fall, 10-0
WIN Zbigniew Baranowski (Poland), 5-0
WIN Arash Yoshida (Japan), 9-1
WIN Amirali Azarpira (Iran), 4-2

U.S. Women’s Freestyle Results
Group One
55 kg – Cristelle Rodriguez (Crete, Neb./Tiger WC/Titan Mercury WC), 10th place
LOSS Andreea Ana (Romania), 6-3

59 kg – Jacarra Winchester (Colorado Springs, Colo./USOPTC/Titan Mercury WC), 22nd place
LOSS Hong Liang (China), fall, 2:05

Group Two
50 kg – Audrey Jimenez (Bethlehem, Pa./Lehigh Valley Wrestling RTC/Titan Mercury WC), Eliminated
LOSS Emanuela Liuzzi (Italy)

57 kg – Helen Maroulis (Rockville, Md./Titan Mercury WC), Gold Medal Match
WIN Emine Cakmak (Turkey), fall, 1:01
WIN Himeka Tokuhara (Japan), fall, 2:18
WIN Olga Khoroshavtseva (UWW), fall, 3:11
VS Il Sim Son (North Korea)

65 kg – Macey Kilty (North Liberty, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), Repechage
LOSS Alina Kasabieva (UWW), 6-6
VS Grace Bullen (Norway)

76 kg – Kylie Welker (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC), Repechage
WIN Vanesa Georgieva (Bulgaria), fall, 4:02
LOSS Aiperi Medet Kyzy (Kyrgyzstan), 8-3
VS Elmira Yasin (Turkey)