U.S. Olympic Team Trials featured in two-hour broadcast on USA Network, Saturday, June 5 at 10:00 a.

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Gary Abbott (USA Wrestling)
06/01/2004


Extensive coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling will be aired on USA Network on Saturday, June 5 from 10:00 a.m. - noon Eastern Time.    The best wrestlers in the United States battled for coveted spots on the U.S. Olympic Team in Indianapolis, Ind.    Among the star wrestlers to be featured on the show are men's Greco-Roman star Rulon Gardner, men's freestyle star Cael Sanderson and women's freestyle star Patricia Miranda. In fact, footage of all 17 athletes to qualify for the Olympic team will be included in the show.    The broadcast crew that handled the coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials will be the same announcers who will work wrestling for NBC at the Athens Games. They include veteran wrestling announcers Russ Hellickson and Jeff Blatnick, who handle the play-by-play and color commentary duties, as well as veteran NBC broadcaster Len Berman, who conducts the interviews.    The event was originally held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, May 21-23.     Wrestling fans are asked to e-mail this information to all of their friends to let them know about this exciting broadcast.    USA Network is available in 86 million U.S. television households, one of the most prominent cable networks in the nation. USA Network will capture the drama and excitement of at least 10 different Olympic sports qualifying athletes to represent the USA at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.    NBC, America's Olympic Network, holds the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympic Games through 2012, which include Athens in 2004, Torino, Italy in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010 and the Summer Games of 2012. This August, NBC will present unprecedented 24-hour, around-the-clock coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games from Athens, Greece. The NBC Networks: NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and Telemundo will offer the most in-depth Olympic coverage in history and for the first-time provide some coverage of every one of the 28 Summer Olympic sports. Telemundo's Spanish-language broadcast will provide the first exclusively non-English language Olympic broadcast in U.S. television history.    2004 U.S. Olympic Team - Wrestling    MEN'S FREESTYLE  55 kg/121 lbs. -  Stephen Abas (Fresno, Calif./Sunkist Kids)  60 kg/132 lbs.-  Eric Guerrero (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC)   66 kg/145.5 lbs.- Jamill Kelly (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC)   74 kg/163 lbs. -  Joe Williams (Iowa City, Iowa/Sunkist Kids)   84 kg/185 lbs. -  Cael Sanderson, Ames, Iowa (Sunkist Kids)   96 kg/211.5 lbs. -  Daniel Cormier (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC)   120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Kerry McCoy (Bethlehem, Pa./New York AC)     WOMEN'S FREESTYLE  48 kg/105.5 lbs. - Patricia Miranda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC)  55 kg/121 lbs. -  Tela O'Donnell, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dave Schultz WC)   63 kg/138.75 lbs. -  Sara McMann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)   72 kg/158.5 lbs. -  Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/New York AC)     MEN'S GRECO-ROMAN  55 kg/121 lbs. -  Dennis Hall (Plover, Wis./Sunkist Kids)   60 kg/132 lbs. -  Jim Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids)   66 kg/145.5 lbs. -  Oscar Wood, Fountain, Colo. (U.S. Army)   84 kg/185 lbs. - Brad Vering (Colorado Springs, Colo./ New York AC)   96 kg/211.5 lbs. -  Garrett Lowney, Kaukauna, Wis. (Minnesota Storm)  120 kg/264.5 lbs. - Rulon Gardner, Cascade, Colo. (Sunkist Kids)   The U.S. did not qualify to compete in the Olympics at 74 kg in Greco-Roman.    COMING WEDS - The seven featured matches on the Olympic Trials show…