1.   At least three women and three men will make the U.S. freestyle team.

2.   A U.S. freestyle team will wrestle a team from Belarus in San Jose, Calif., today and in Corvallis, Ore., Tuesday.

3.   Afterward, the freestyle team will leave on a tour of Russia and Siberia.

4.   But unlike other skiers on the freestyle team, when the training and competing are done for the day, Horvitz has little time for R and R.

5.   So it was left to the freestyle team that Weinbrecht termed the strongest ever to bring home the first piece of hardware.

6.   THE NAMES The freestyle team is headlined by the superheavyweight Bruce Baumgartner, who is seeking his third Olympic gold medal and fourth medal over all.

7.   The Olympic freestyle team has strong connections to western Pennsylvania and Arizona.

8.   Noda, a five-year veteran of the Japanese freestyle team, caught a nasty bump in the leadup to his first jump in qualifying.

9.   That changed after Bloom went to South America to train with the freestyle team in the summer.

10.   The Takhti Cup features both Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, but the United States is only considering sending a freestyle team, Abbott said.