1.   Americans have always been good in freestyle wrestling, where athletes can use their legs and arms against opponents.

2.   Bruce Baumgartner, a two-time gold medalist in freestyle wrestling from Edinboro, Pa., has been selected to carry the American flag during the opening ceremony.

3.   He had earned first place in freestyle wrestling, a victory that made him one of the best athletes in the world.

4.   Theirs is a partnership anchored in the grunting, churning, face-grinding, ear-smashing world of freestyle wrestling.

5.   This weekend alone, the schedule includes championships in world freestyle wrestling, United States Open badminton, World Team Cup table tennis and World Cup modern pentathlon.

6.   When Kurt Angle won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling, the network showed his victory ceremony in a tight close-up of his face.

7.   Both retired from freestyle wrestling over the past two years.

8.   Freestyle wrestling differs in that holds cannot be executed below the waist in Greco.

9.   It also captured two golds in freestyle wrestling, with Iran and North Korea each taking one.

10.   Iran boosted its total to nine by taking three golds in freestyle wrestling.