1.   Baumgartner, a freestyle wrestler, represents an ancient sport but one scarred by the tragic murder of the Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz.

2.   A contemporary figure is Super Barrio, an overweight freestyle wrestler who dresses up in a Superman suit.

3.   Freestyle wrestlers can use their arms and legs for holds, but Greco-Roman wrestlers cannot use the legs to attack their opponents.

4.   He was followed by Super Animal, also a freestyle wrestler who dresses in tights.

5.   No freestyle wrestler has ever won four Olympic medals.

6.   The American flag was carried by the freestyle wrestler Bruce Baumgartner of Cambridge Springs, Pa., who has won two gold medals and one silver medal.

7.   The difference, essentially, is that freestyle wrestlers can use their legs to execute moves, such as tripping or lifting an opponent, while Greco-Roman wrestlers cannot.

8.   The freestyle wrestlers win decidedly more medals than the greco-roman wrestlers do.

9.   Quirot and Cascaret, a world champion freestyle wrestler, had remained close friends after their divorce.

10.   A freestyle wrestler is in line to become the third athlete from the Sydney Olympics to be stripped of a gold medal after failing a drug test.