Just like with the men, there is no team title in the Olympics for women wrestlers. However, with a sport that is making its Olympic debut, there will be great attention to the team effort. There is not a ton of depth in international women's wrestling yet, so the most powerful nations in the sport all qualified a full four-woman roster for the Games.    There will be many "mini-teams" in the women's meet, four invidivuals who are seeking to be among the first Olympic medalists in history. The medal count will be very important and people will notice, unless no nations are able to get very many medals.     As in the past, the team to measure against in women's wrestling is World champion Japan. Going back to 1987, when the first recognized World Championships were held, Japan won 11 of 16 team titles. Other nations that have won team titles include Russia (twice), the United States, China and France. This is not a big list.     If you look at last year's World Championships, at the four Olympic weights, Japan got three medals, all gold. The United States got four medals, all silver. China got two bronzes, Ukraine won a gold, Canada and Russia each claimed a bronze. That's it. A total of 12 medals split between five nations. Will there be a variety of medalists, or will only a few nations split the treasure?     Japan    Japan will be talented and motivated. There will be a ton of media attention and pressure for the team to excel, especially with their flagbearer for Opening Ceremonies being Kyoko Hamaguchi, the megastar at 72 kg. The Japanese media have been building this team up ever since the sport was added to the Olympics, with all expectations pointed towards the Athens Games. The focus, like it or not, is that Japan wants to sweep the gold medals. Call it arrogance or confidence, it does not matter. The fact is that this team has that kind of capability.    And why not? All four team members were World Champions last year. Three of them have won multiple World titles. All the years of domination will not matter if Japan does not have a superior performance at the first Olympic Games in women's wrestling. These women will be expected to deliver the gold.    Kyoko Hamaguchi at 72 kg has five World titles. She is not perfect, having lost within the year to American Toccara Montgomery and she went two straight years without a gold medal during her run. Saori Yoshida at 55 kg and Kaori Icho at 63 kg are two-time World champions, both winning in 2002 and 2003. At 48 kg is Chiharu Icho, the 51 kg World champion who cut the weight and made the Japanese team to join her sister in Athens.     Can the dream happen for Japan? Odds are against it. There are other teams and other athletes who are training for the same goals and have the ability to beat the Japanese wrestlers. But all eyes will be on Japan, until somebody steps up and takes their thunder away.    Tentative Japanese lineup  48 kg - Chiharu Icho  55 kg - Saori Yoshida  63 kg - Kaori Icho  72 kg - Kyoko Hamaguchi    United States    Turning silver into gold. That is the mission of the U.S. Olympic coaches for women's wrestling and the four athletes on the team. Last year, on the home mats in New York, Team USA went two days without a loss. But on the final day, Japan caught up, and beat the Americans in three head-to-head gold medal matches in the Olympic divisions. In the fourth weight, an American lost to a multiple World Champion from Ukraine.    Making the finals will no longer be good enough for the three who return from that 2003 World Team: Patricia Miranda at 48 kg, Sara McMann at 63 kg and Toccara Montgomery at 72 kg. Twice in their careers, Mirand and Montgomery have lost World gold-medal matches, and McMann lost in overtime in her only World finals bout. These athletes know they are good enough to win it all. They have paid their dues and they have earned the right to expect victory. They just need the edge, they need to be close the door with everything on the line.    Making that finals match will be more difficult than ever. With just 12 athletes and only four pools per weight class, it is a good bet that the U.S. wrestlers may have to face somebody from Japan right away. The two best wrestlers may wrestle in the first round. There will be some other very tough draw against wrestlers from the other powerful nations. Team USA needs a great first day, like it had in New York in 2003, not like the rough first day it had in Greece at the 2002 World tournament.    The newcomer is Tela O'Donnell at 55 kg, who pinned two-time World silver medalist Tina George in the U.S. Olympic Trials finals. O'Donnell is a bit unorthodox and is talented, but lacks the big-time experience. If she gets some good early matches, she has the capability to achieve great things.     Tentative United States lineup  48 kg - Patricia Miranda  55 kg -Tela O'Donnell  63 kg - Sara McMann  72 kg - Toccara Montgomery    China    Nobody better overlook China at the Olympic Games. This team won the World Team title back in 2001. All four athletes are medal hopefuls. With the next Olympics in their home turf in Beijing in 2008, the Chinese sports machine has been kicking into full gear. There are four medals to be won, and China is aiming for a medal at every weight.    Two Chinese athletes won medals last year, World bronze medalist Li Hui at 48 kg and Wang Xu at 72 kg. Wang was a World silver medalist in 2002. The expected entry at 63 kg, Lili Meng, was a World champion in 2001. One of the possible entries at 55 kg, Yanzhi Gao, won World bronze medals in 1999 and 2000. China has depth in its programs, so it is possible that some other athletes might emerge to make the team, and will be just as good as those who were there in the past.    The United States and China had a tremendous battle at the 2003 World Cup event in Japan, with the U.S. winning a close battle. You have to put China right up there among the best nations in the field.     Tentative Chinese lineup  48 kg - Li Hui  55 kg - Sun Dongmei or Yanzhi Gao  63 kg - Meng or Xu Haiyan  72 kg - Wang Xu    Russia    This is a team with two World Team titles in its trophy case, and a tremendous tradition of championship wrestling in the nation. Russia may not have fully embraced its women's program like it has with its star-studded men's teams, but along the way, this team has developed some very talented and tough athletes.    Perhaps the best current team member is 2003 World bronze medalist Natalia Golts at 55 kg, a veteran who is capable of beating anybody in the world. Russia is reportedly considering Olga Smirnova at 55 kg as well.    Russia has a past World champion in the mix at 63 kg, Alena Kartacheva, who won her World title at 59 kg in 2002. One of the Russian options at 48 kg is Inga Karamchakova, who has won a number of World silver and bronze medals during her career.    The biggest question comes at 72 kg, where Gouzel Manyurova or Svetlana Martynenko have been competitive, but have yet to establish dominance. Just like the Russian men, there is no way to be sure which athletes will get the nod for the team in Athens, but you have to expect the team to be very good and well prepared.    Tentative Russian lineup  48 kg - Inga Karamchakova, Larisa Oorzhak or Lilia Kaskarakova  55 kg - Natalia Golts, Olga Smirnova or Natalya Ivashko  63 kg - Alena Kartacheva or Lubov Volosova  72 kg - Gouzel Manyurova or Svetlana Martynenko    Ukraine    This team starts off with a three-time World champion at 48 kg in Irini Merlini, then throws a tough competitor at you in all the other weight divisions. With only four weight classes, a team like Ukraine could have a great performance, or might not have a strong impact. It may just boil down to draw, as well as some individual performances.    Lyudmilla Golovchenko was fourth at 63 kg at the 2003 World Championships, the other strong performance for Ukraine in New York City. Two Ukrainian women were able to qualify through the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, Tatiana Lazareva at 55 kg and Svetlana Sayenko at 72 kg. Lazareva is a past World bron