BREAKING NEWS: Olympic champ Snyder gets draw for Yarygin Grand Prix, with no Russians on his side of bracket
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Kyle Snyder of the USA flexes after a victory at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
KRASNOYARSK, Russia – Organizers of the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia have changed the way they draw some of the weight classes this year, including the 97 kg/213 lbs. division which includes 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC).
Brackets which were posted on the Russian wrestling federation website wrestrus.ru, showed that in some weight classes, all of the foreign athletes were grouped together in the bracket, separated from the Russian entries. The pairings are not currently posted on the United World Wrestling website, where brackets have been hosted and a live webstream has been housed.
Snyder was placed in the top bracket at 97 kg, lumped together with three wrestlers from China, two from Mongolia, and one each from Iran and Kazakhstan.
The other 10 wrestlers in the weight class, all Russians, are in the bottom half-bracket. With this draw, Snyder would not wrestle a Russian until the gold-medal finals.
According to this pairing, Snyder opens against Chaganxhana of China, who was fifth in 2015 Dmitri Korkin Tournament in Russia.
Among the Russians on the other side are:
- Vladislav Baytsaev (2016 Yarygin Champion, 2015 Military World champion, 2x European medalist)
- Rasul Magomedov (2016 Ali Aliev Tournament champion)
- Yuri Belonovskiy (2010 World University champion, 3rd in Yarygin two times)
In 2016, Snyder placed third at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, losing to eventual 2016 Russian Olympian Anzor Boltukaev in the semifinals. Boltukaev moved up to 125 kg for the Yarygin this year, placing second on Saturday.
Snyder took a week off from his college season at Ohio State to compete at the Yarygin Grand Prix. This is a similar arrangement to last year, when Snyder came out of redshirt to wrestle for the Buckeyes for the second semester, but was still able to enter some international tournaments during the season. Snyder won the NCAA heavyweight title last year for Ohio State, and is currently ranked No. 1 at heavyweight for his junior season.
Only 10 U.S. men have ever won this event. The last American men’s freestyle champion was Steve Mocco at 120kg/264 lbs. in 2009. All 10 of the winners were Olympians during their career. Among these winners were four Olympic champions – Dave Schultz, Kendall Cross, Tom Brands and Kurt Angle.
They did a similar pairing at 65 kg/143 lbs., where they placed the 11 international wrestlers in the top of the draw, and the 19 Russian entries in the bottom of the draw.
The U.S. has won three medals so far in the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, all in women’s freestyle, with a gold medal from Tamyra Mensah (69 kg), a silver medal from Sarah Hildebrandt (55 kg) and a bronze medal from Alli Ragan (60 kg).
United World Wrestling has live results brackets and a video stream from the Ivan Yarygin Memorial this weekend. Check out the link below
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/ivan-yariguin-2
Other information and streams can be found on the Russian Wrestling Federation website at:
http://www.wrestrus.ru
The schedule is different for Sunday than the other days. It starts at 10:00 a.m. in Krasnoyarsk (12 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time) and the finals are set for 3:30 p.m. in Krasnoyarsk. Plan accordingly if you wish to watch the live webcast.
IVAN YARYGIN MEMORIAL GRAND PRIX
At Krasnoyarsk, Russia
U.S. men’s freestyle first round draw
97 kg/ 213 lbs.- Kyle Snyder, Woodbine, Md. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. Chaganxhana (China), 5th in 2015 Dmitri Korkin Tournament (Russia)
Complete draw at 97 kg/213 lbs.
1. Hossein Ramnezaialnjelodar (Iran)
2. Muren (China)
3. Odsurne Boldbaatar (Mongolia)
4. Duman Bultrikov (Kazakhstan)
5. Belbute Munkhzhargal (Mongolia)
6. Quinggelebaua (China)
7. Kyle Snyder (USA)
8. Chaganxhana (China)
9. Guram Chertkoev (Russia)
10. Yuri Belonovskiy (Russia)
11. Evgeniy Kolomiets (Russia)
12. Rasul Magomedov (Russia)
13. Tamerlan Rasuev (Russia)
14. Vladislav Baytsaev (Russia)
15. Murad Dzhatdoev (Russia)
16. Igor Ovsuannikov (Russia)
17. Yuri Vlasko (Russia)
18. Khasan Khubaev (Russia)
Yarygin Memorial gold medalists from the USA in men's freestyle
(Named Krasnoyarsk Tournament through 1993, then named in honor of late Ivan Yarygin)
1990 - Jim Scherr (198); 1991 - Dave Schultz (163); 1991 - Chris Campbell (198); 1992 - Kendall Cross (125.5); 1993 - Tom Brands (136.5); 1993 - Kurt Angle (220); 1998 - Lincoln McIlravy (152); 2005 - Joe Williams (163); 2005 - Daniel Cormier (211.5); 2009 - Steve Mocco (264.5)
KRASNOYARSK, Russia – Organizers of the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix in Russia have changed the way they draw some of the weight classes this year, including the 97 kg/213 lbs. division which includes 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder (Woodbine, Md./Titan Mercury WC).
Brackets which were posted on the Russian wrestling federation website wrestrus.ru, showed that in some weight classes, all of the foreign athletes were grouped together in the bracket, separated from the Russian entries. The pairings are not currently posted on the United World Wrestling website, where brackets have been hosted and a live webstream has been housed.
Snyder was placed in the top bracket at 97 kg, lumped together with three wrestlers from China, two from Mongolia, and one each from Iran and Kazakhstan.
The other 10 wrestlers in the weight class, all Russians, are in the bottom half-bracket. With this draw, Snyder would not wrestle a Russian until the gold-medal finals.
According to this pairing, Snyder opens against Chaganxhana of China, who was fifth in 2015 Dmitri Korkin Tournament in Russia.
Among the Russians on the other side are:
- Vladislav Baytsaev (2016 Yarygin Champion, 2015 Military World champion, 2x European medalist)
- Rasul Magomedov (2016 Ali Aliev Tournament champion)
- Yuri Belonovskiy (2010 World University champion, 3rd in Yarygin two times)
In 2016, Snyder placed third at the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, losing to eventual 2016 Russian Olympian Anzor Boltukaev in the semifinals. Boltukaev moved up to 125 kg for the Yarygin this year, placing second on Saturday.
Snyder took a week off from his college season at Ohio State to compete at the Yarygin Grand Prix. This is a similar arrangement to last year, when Snyder came out of redshirt to wrestle for the Buckeyes for the second semester, but was still able to enter some international tournaments during the season. Snyder won the NCAA heavyweight title last year for Ohio State, and is currently ranked No. 1 at heavyweight for his junior season.
Only 10 U.S. men have ever won this event. The last American men’s freestyle champion was Steve Mocco at 120kg/264 lbs. in 2009. All 10 of the winners were Olympians during their career. Among these winners were four Olympic champions – Dave Schultz, Kendall Cross, Tom Brands and Kurt Angle.
They did a similar pairing at 65 kg/143 lbs., where they placed the 11 international wrestlers in the top of the draw, and the 19 Russian entries in the bottom of the draw.
The U.S. has won three medals so far in the Ivan Yarygin Grand Prix, all in women’s freestyle, with a gold medal from Tamyra Mensah (69 kg), a silver medal from Sarah Hildebrandt (55 kg) and a bronze medal from Alli Ragan (60 kg).
United World Wrestling has live results brackets and a video stream from the Ivan Yarygin Memorial this weekend. Check out the link below
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/event/ivan-yariguin-2
Other information and streams can be found on the Russian Wrestling Federation website at:
http://www.wrestrus.ru
The schedule is different for Sunday than the other days. It starts at 10:00 a.m. in Krasnoyarsk (12 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time) and the finals are set for 3:30 p.m. in Krasnoyarsk. Plan accordingly if you wish to watch the live webcast.
IVAN YARYGIN MEMORIAL GRAND PRIX
At Krasnoyarsk, Russia
U.S. men’s freestyle first round draw
97 kg/ 213 lbs.- Kyle Snyder, Woodbine, Md. (Titan Mercury WC)
Vs. Chaganxhana (China), 5th in 2015 Dmitri Korkin Tournament (Russia)
Complete draw at 97 kg/213 lbs.
1. Hossein Ramnezaialnjelodar (Iran)
2. Muren (China)
3. Odsurne Boldbaatar (Mongolia)
4. Duman Bultrikov (Kazakhstan)
5. Belbute Munkhzhargal (Mongolia)
6. Quinggelebaua (China)
7. Kyle Snyder (USA)
8. Chaganxhana (China)
9. Guram Chertkoev (Russia)
10. Yuri Belonovskiy (Russia)
11. Evgeniy Kolomiets (Russia)
12. Rasul Magomedov (Russia)
13. Tamerlan Rasuev (Russia)
14. Vladislav Baytsaev (Russia)
15. Murad Dzhatdoev (Russia)
16. Igor Ovsuannikov (Russia)
17. Yuri Vlasko (Russia)
18. Khasan Khubaev (Russia)
Yarygin Memorial gold medalists from the USA in men's freestyle
(Named Krasnoyarsk Tournament through 1993, then named in honor of late Ivan Yarygin)
1990 - Jim Scherr (198); 1991 - Dave Schultz (163); 1991 - Chris Campbell (198); 1992 - Kendall Cross (125.5); 1993 - Tom Brands (136.5); 1993 - Kurt Angle (220); 1998 - Lincoln McIlravy (152); 2005 - Joe Williams (163); 2005 - Daniel Cormier (211.5); 2009 - Steve Mocco (264.5)
