Quotes from Finals Day at the 2001 Greco-Roman World Championships

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Heather Van Peursem (USA Wrestling)
12/09/2001


Andy Seras - World Team Coach, on winning the team bronze medal    "It feels great. I always thought it was within reach, but it's really something that we finally got there. The way our whole camp went we were really a team from the beginning. Everybody has a piece of this. It doesn't matter if you didn't make the top ten or win a medal."    Rulon Gardner, 2001 World Champion and 2000 Olympic Champion    "It does feel like a great pressure has been lifted off my shoulders since winning the Olympics. Some people thought I really didn't do anything to win the gold medal besides beat Kareline. And they didn't think I'd be back again. There will always be pressure like that. But I just kept working it all one match at a time and it all worked out well."    Matt Lindland, 2001 World silver medalist and 2000 Olympic silver medalist    "I am not as satisfied as I would be if I won the gold medal," said Lindland. "I touched it but the last minute it slipped out of my hands. I dedicate the silver medal to my two children."