LINDLAND AND GARDNER WIN GOLD MEDALS AT THE  PYTLASINSKI GRAND PRIX IN POZNAN, POLAND, AUG. 9-10 
   Two U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers won gold medals, Matt Lindland (Lincoln, Neb./Sunkist Kids) at 167.5 pounds and Rulon Gardner (Phoenix, Ariz./Sunkist Kids) at 275.5 pounds, at the Pytlasinski Grand Prix in Poznan, Poland, Aug. 9-10. 
   This is a top international competition each year, and is an annual tuneup event for the World Championships. The 1997 Greco-Roman World Championships will be held in Wroclaw, Poland, Sept. 8-13. 
   Lindland won four matches on the way to the title, including a 3-0 decision over Dawid Manukian of Ukraine in the gold-medal match. A key win for Lindland was his 9-8 decision over Andrej Batura of Belarus in the semifinals. 
   Gardner had three straight wins in the tournament, including an impressive 5-0 decision over Serguei Silicz of Belarus in the finals. In the semifinals, Gardner scored a 2-1 overtime win over Petro Kotok of Ukraine, who was fourth in the 1996 Olympic Games. 
   Both Lindland and Gardner were 1995 World Cup champions, and will be wrestling in their first World Championships this year. They were teammates at the Univ. of Nebraska. 
   James Gruenwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) won a bronze medal at 127.75 pounds. He had an impressive 5-1 record in the tournament, including a 4-0 decision over Grzegorz Piorowski of Poland in the bronze-medal bout. Gruenwald, a USOTC resident athlete, was second in the 1997 U.S. Nationals and World Team Trials to Olympic silver medalist Dennis Hall. 
   Three other U.S. wrestlers placed in the top 10 of their weight classes.  
   1996 Olympian David Zuniga (New Brighton, Minn./Minnesota Storm) was fifth at 138.75 pounds. Two-time Olympian Dan Henderson (Huntington Beach, Calif./Dave Schultz WC) was seventh at 187.25 pounds. 1997 U.S. Nationals champion Chris Saba (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) was ninth at 152 pounds.  
   The United States, competing with just seven athletes, placed fifth in a very competitive team race. The host Poland team won the title with 84.5 points, followed by Belarus with 77.5 points. Germany placed third and Ukraine was fourth. 
   The U.S. team was coached by 1997 U.S. World team head coach Dan Chandler of Minneapolis, Minn., and assistant coach Rob Hermann of Pensacola, Fla., with assistance from National Greco-Roman coach Steve Fraser of Colorado Springs, Colo. 
  PYTLASINSKI GRAND PRIX at Poznan, Poland, August 9-10 
  Medalists 
   54 kg/119 lbs. - Gold - Alfred Ter Mkrtchyan (Germany); Silver  - Oleg Koutcherenko (Germany); Bronze - Dariusz Jablonski (Poland) 
   58 kg/127.75 lbs. - Gold - Ruslan Hakimov (Ukraine); Silver - Peter Stjernberg (Sweden); Bronze - James Gruenwald (United States) 
   63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Gold - Wlodzimierz Zawadzki (Poland); Silver - Michail Bejlin (Israel); Bronze - Beat Motzer (Switzerland) 
   69 kg/152 lbs. - Gold - Vladimir Kopytov (Belarus); Silver - Adam Jureczko (Germany); Silver - Ruslan Adchi (Ukraine) 
   76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Gold - Matt Lindland (United States); Silver - Dawid Manukian (Ukraine); Bronze - Vladimir Zaukov (Russia) 
   85 kg/187.25 lbs. -Gold - Valery Tsilent (Belarus); Silver - Thomas Zander (Germany); Bronze - Jacek Fafinski (Poland) 
   97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Gold - Mikael Ljungberg (Sweden); Silver - Maik Bullman (Germany); Bronze - Anatoli Federenko (Belarus) 
   125 kg/275.5 lbs. - Gold - Rulon Gardner (United States); Silver - Serguei Silicz (Belarus); Bronze - Petro Kotok (Ukraine) 
  U.S. results 
   58 kg/127.75 lbs. - James Gruenwald, Colorado Springs, Colo., 3rd - dec. Drmola Leos (Slovakia), 8-7; lost dec. to Grzegorz Szyszyka (Poland), 5-1; won by tech. fall over Vlodimir Cis (Ukraine), 10-0; dec. Aigors Jansons (Latvia), 3-0; pin Ahmet Hanli (Turkey); dec. Grzegorz Piorowski (Poland), 4-0 
   63 kg/138.75 lbs. - David Zuniga, New Brighton, Minn., 5th - bye; lost dec. to Juri Mirutenko (Belarus), 4-1; dec. Ricardo Magni (Italy,) 1-0, ot, 8:00; dec. Artur Tadevosyan (Armenia), 5-0; dec. Jerzy Szejbinger (Poland), 4-1; lost dec. to Beat Motzer (Switzerland), 6-4; dec. Aydin Ramazan (Germany), 5-2 
   69 kg/152 lbs. - Chris Saba, Colorado Springs, Colo., 9th - dec. Glabus Maciej (Poland), 6-0; lost dec. to Ruslan Adchi (Ukraine), 3-0; lost dec. to Valeri Nikitin (Estonia), 3-0 
   76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Matt Lindland, Lincoln, Neb., 1st - won by tech. fall over Murat Cebi (Germany), 12-0; dec. Thomas Larsen (Norway), 9-0; dec. Andrej Batura (Belarus), 9-8; dec. Dawid Manukian (Ukraine), 3-0 
   85 kg/187.25 lbs. - Dan Henderson, Huntington Beach, Calif., 7th - lost by ref. dec. to Marek Kraszewski (Poland), 2-1, ot, 8:00; dec. Antilla Batky (Slovakia), 3-0; dec. Tomi Rajamaki (Finland), 4-0; lost dec. to Vjacheslav Makarenko (Belarus), 4-1 
   97 kg/213.75 lbs. - Dan Hicks, Quantico, Va., dnp - lost dec. to Maik Bullman (Germany), 6-0; lost dec. to Aleksandr Kremac (Ukraine), 3-1 
   125 kg/275.5 lbs. - Rulon Gardner, Phoenix, Ariz., 1st - dec. Dmitri Debelka (Belarus), 3-0; won by ref. dec. over Petro Kotok (Ukraine), 2-1, ot, 8:00; dec. Serguei Silicz (Belarus), 5-0 
  Team Standings 
   1. Poland, 84.5 pts.; 2. Belarus, 77.5 pts.; 3. Germany, 66 pts.; 4. Ukraine, 66 pts.; 5. United States, 40 pts. (of 19 teams)