USA Wrestling has updated its new "Bout of the Week" on USA Wrestling's Members-Only website    The featured match this week is the 2004 Cael Sanderson vs. Adam Saitiev men's freestyle match from the Ivan Yarygin Memorial International held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.    This was a quarterfinal match between two of the most talented and popular wrestlers in the world, competing at 84 kg/185 lbs. Saitiev was an Olympic and World champion from one of the top wrestling families in the world. Sanderson was a World silver medalist who had become a hero in his nation through his achievements in college wrestling.    The timing of this meeting was very important for both athletes. Only months remained prior to the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. In Russia, there was a decision to make regarding whether to send Saitiev or 2003 World champion Sajid Sajidov to the Olympic Games. For Sanderson, there was a need to prepare for the upcoming U.S. Olympic Team Trials, as well as to find a way to improve in order to challenge for Olympic gold later in the year.    Cael Sanderson entered the 2004 season as an American legend, but still had not reached his goals in international wrestling. A native of Utah, Sanderson also came from a special wrestling family. His older brothers Cody and Cole were All-American wrestlers for Iowa State Univ., competing for the legendary Bobby Douglas. His dad was a respected wrestling coach at a national power high school program. Cael followed his brothers to Iowa State, where he made history.    After a redshirt season, Sanderson ran the table in college wrestling. He never lost a college match, winning four NCAA titles and completing his career with a 159-0 record, the first undefeated four-time champion. He was Outstanding Wrestler at the NCAA meet all four years. Sanderson won three Hodge Trophies. His success drew national attention. Sports Illustrated called it the No. 2 most outstanding achievement in the history of college athletics. Wrestling fans idolized the soft-spoken, humble athlete, who dealt with great pressure and won with dignity.    His international wrestling career was nowhere near as smooth or easy. Sanderson tried out for the 2000 Olympic Team while a college undergrad and fell short, placing sixth at the U.S. Nationals, then losing to Mike Van Arsdale in the Challenge Tournament at the Olympic Trials in Dallas, Texas.    The 2001 season was his big breakthrough, where Sanderson won both the U.S. Nationals and World Team Trials to establish himself as the No. 1 man in the nation. Ready to wrestle in the World Championships in New York City in the fall, Sanderson never got the chance. Terrorists attacked the United States and brought down the World Trade Center in Manhattan, just days before the tournament was set for Madison Square Garden. The World Championships were postponed then moved to Bulgaria months later. Sanderson did not attend, because it was now held during his senior season at Iowa State, and he chose to concentrate on completing his legendary college career. No. 2 man Brandon Eggum went to the Worlds and won a silver medal.    The 2002 season was also a disaster for Sanderson and his teammates on the U.S. team. After a summer of training to prepare for the Freestyle World Championships in Tehran, Iran, the U.S. team never got on the plane for the trip. USA Wrestling was notified by the U.S. government that there was a specific threat of violence to the U.S. team if it attended the championships there. The USA Wrestling leadership voted to cancel the trip, and Sanderson and the entire squad did not get their opportunity to wrestle.    By 2003, Sanderson remained as the top athlete in his nation, but had never been tested at the World level. He had a growing rivalry with Lee Fulhart, an athlete who had proven an ability to win at times against Sanderson, and was now firmly No. 2 on the ladder. Sanderson made the 2003 U.S. team, which was again ready to compete in New York City when FILA gave USA Wrestling and NYC2012 another chance to run the tournament to make up for the lost opportunity in 2001.    Saitiev had developed into a world wrestling legend himself by this time. He is the younger brother of Buvaisa Saitiev, a star at 76 kg/167.5 pounds. While still a teenager, Buvaisa won a World title in 1995 in Atlanta, Ga., then followed up with an Olympic gold medal in Atlanta, Ga. in 1996. Buvaisa was a tall athlete who had remarkable technical skills and wrestled a wild wide-open style, and for a period in the 1990s was considered the world's greatest active wrestler.    Adam made his World Championships debut in 1997, wrestling at 69 kg/152 pounds. Adam did not earn a medal of this event by placing sixth, which was held in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, but his style and skills reminded everybody of his older brother. Adam soon found himself moving up to 76 kg,, sharing the same weight class as his brother. Russia was faced with deciding what to do with both of these exceptional athletes. Adam won the European title at 76 kg in early 1999.    Also in 1999, Buvaisa skipped the World Championships, and Adam went instead at 76 kg, and Adam Saitiev became the World champion at the division. By 2000, the Russians moved Adam up to 84 kg, where he won another European title at the higher division. Russia decided to bring both Saitiev brothers to the Sydney Olympic Games. Buvaisa was upset at 76 kg early on by American Brandon Slay and did not get out of the pools. Adam had an amazing performance at 85 kg, tearing through the field to reach the finals against 1999 World champion Yoel Romero of Cuba. Saitiev threw and pinned Romero in a memorable gold-medal match, perhaps the greatest performance of all the freestyle stars at the Olympic Games.    In 2001, Russia sent 1996 Olympic champion Khadjimurad Magomedov to the World meet instead of Saitiev, and Magomedov won the World title. In 2002, Adam Saitiev returned for the World Championships and won the World gold medal, his third World-level title. But in 2003, Russia sent another talented star, Sajid Sajidov to New York City, to compete in the World Championships.    As many hoped, Sanderson and Sajidov met in the World finals in New York, with Sajidov earning a one-point victory in the finals in a competitive bout (this match is in the Bout of the Week archives). Sanderson finally got a chance to prove he was a world-class star, but was not yet the world's best wrestler. Russia now faced a difficult choice at this division.    The 2004 Yarygin Tournament may have changed the fates for three wrestlers. Sanderson met Saitiev in the quarterfinals, and the exciting match went into overtime, where Sanderson scored and won. Later in the tournament finals, Sanderson met Sajidov again, and this time Sajidov beat Sanderson, 5-3, another memorable war.     The way it seemed to go is that Sajidov had shown an ability to beat both Sanderson and Saitiev. There was another talented Russian in the mix, Khadjimurad Gatsalov, but Russia chose to move him up to 96 kg. Sajidov would go on to beat Saitiev in the 2004 Russian Nationals, and won the chance to go to the Olympic Games in Athens.    Sanderson had some challenges in his quest for Olympic glory. He lost in the 2004 U.S. Nationals finals in an uninspiring bout against the rugged Fullhart. At the Olympic Team Trials in Indianapolis, Ind., Fullhart won the second match of their best-of-three series, and Sanderson pulled out the win in a difficult third match.    In Athens, Russia's streak of titles at 84 kg/185 lbs. came to an end in the semifinals, when Sajidov was turned repeatedly and upset by Korean Moon Ei Jae, a 2000 Olympic medalist. Sanderson was able to turn the tables on his North American rival Romero of Cuba with a strong win, and earned a spot in the gold-medal round against Moon. With an impressive second period of action, Sanderson emerged as the Olympic gold medalist, edging Moon.     Sajidov wrestled back and won the bronze. Ironically, the other Russian star in the mix, Gatsalov, who moved up in weight, won the Olympic