Tina George (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) won a silver medal and Kristie Marano (Albany, N.Y./ATWA) won a bronze-medal at the Women's World Wrestling Championships in Halkida, Greece, Nov. 3.    George was defeated in the gold-medal finals at 55 kg/121 lbs. by Saori Yoshida of Japan, 10-4. It was the first World title for Yoshida, who beat out a three-time World champion Seiko Yamamoto to make her first Japanese World team.    Yoshida jumped to a 7-0 lead, sparked by a pair of three-point double-leg takedowns with exposure. George battled back with a reversal and takedown to close the bout to 7-3, but Yoshida quickly rebounded with three points of her own to put the match away.    Yoshida was a 2002 Asian Games champion and a 2002 World University champion. George is competing in her fourth World Championships event. Her best finish came in 1999, when she placed sixth in her weight class. George is a member of the Army World Class Athlete Program.    "When you get behind, it's hard to get your points," said George. "I scored a few points, but I just lost. I'm happy when I got behind I did not give up. I wrestled to my ability. Some years, it's just not enough. Hopefully, another year, it will be the best."    "I've never wrestled anyone as strong as my opponent," said Yoshida. "She knocked me off balance on one takedown. It frightened me a little bit. I learned in this match that there are a lot of different people in the world."    Marano won her bronze-medal match at 67 kg/147.5 lbs., defeating Ewelina Pruszko of Poland, 6-1. Marano jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first period, controlling all the positions and winning the scrambles from the feet. She also scored a gutwrench in the opening period. In the second period, Marano added two more points for six straight. Pruszko did not score until the closing minute of the bout.    Marano has won a medal in all six World Championships she has entered, taking a gold medal in 2000, and four silver medals from 1996-99. The bronze medal gives her a full set with a World medal of every color.    Pruszko was sixth in the 1999 World Championships and ninth in the 2000 World Championships, and placed fourth at this year's European Championships.    "I thought I would try to make her wrestle my way, instead of worrying about how she wrestled. I felt good in that match. That is how I should have wrestled in the semifinals."     Only two U.S. wrestlers advanced from their pools and competed on Sunday. Of those who were beaten on Saturday, two placed 10th in their weight class and score a team point for the United States: Stephanie Murata (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 51 kg/112.25 pounds and Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 72 kg/158.5 pounds.    Japan won the team title, with three champions and 47 points. Sweden was second with 34 points and Russia was third with 32 points. The United States scored 19 team points, worth 11th place in the standings    U.S. WOMEN'S TEAM MATCH SUMMARIES  Final Session, Sunday, November 3    55 kg /121 lbs.- Tina George, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army)    Saori Yoshida (Japan) dec. Tina George (USA), 10-4  1st period  Yoshida, 1 pt. takedown, 0:20, 1-0 Yoshida  Yoshida, 3 pt. double leg takedown with exposure, 0:58, 4-0 Yoshida  2nd period  Yoshida, 3 pt. double leg takedown with exposure, 3:30, 7-0 Yoshida  George, 2 pt. reversal with exposure, 3:54, 7-2 Yoshida  George, 1 pt. takedown, 4:36, 7-3 Yoshida  Yoshida, 1 pt. reversal, 4:50, 9-3 Yoshida  Yoshida, 2 pt. tilt, 5:01, 10-3 Yoshida  George, 1 pt. reversal, 5:06, 10-4 Yoshida    67 kg/147.5 lbs. - Kristie Marano, Albany, N.Y. (ATWA)    Kristie Marano (USA) dec. Ewelina Pruszko (Poland), 6-1  1st period  Marano, 1 pt. counter go behind takedown, 0:43, 1-0 Marano  Marano, 2 pt. gutwrench, 0:53, 3-0 Marano  Marano, 1 pt. go behind takedown, 2:47, 4-0 Marano  2nd period  Marano, 1 pt. scramble takedown, 3:40, 5-0 Marano  Marano, 1 pt. duck under from knees takedown, 4:54 , 6-0 Marano  Pruszko, 1 pt. spin behind takedown, 5:20, 6-1    U.S. TEAM QUOTES    55 kg - Tina George    "I'm not quite sure why I got behind. Her style of wrestling, I'm not prepared for. She has a driving, bust-your-nose double leg. It took me out of my game. It's not what I needed. I needed to get my shots, not react to hers."    "When you get behind, it's hard to get your points. I scored a few points, but I just lost. I'm happy when I got behind I did not give up. I wrestled to my ability. Some years, it's just not enough. Hopefully, another year, it will be the best."    67 kg - Kristie Marano    (about the bronze medal match) "It sucks. I've never been there before. I'm glad I can lift myself up after losing."    "I'm disappointed in myself. I was not aggressive enough this afternoon."    (against Pruzsko of Poland) "I thought I would try to make her wrestle my way, instead of worrying about how she wrestled. I felt good in that match. That is how I should have wrestled in the semifinals."     Head Coach Chris Horpel    (about Marano) "I am proud of her win. She wasn't feeling well. She was a little beaten up and she was definitely disappointed. It was hard for her to even warm up. She gutted through it and showed the courage that explains her ability to be a five-time finalist. She did not come here to take third place. I said be proud of how you wrestle, no matter how you feel. I think that's how she wrestled."    (about George) "Tina was a little out-gunned. Her opponent from Japan wrestled the way a lot of the Japanese women wrestle. They used motion, changed levels and don't touch their knees on their shots. It's Tina's style only more active. Tina can learn from that style.When the score got a bit lopsided, it was difficult to maintain composure. But she actually started coming back. I am happy to see how she reacted to the predicament. If the margin had not been so large, she could have made a go of it at the end."    (about the team) "My perspective of this tournament is this. The pool system can creat all kinds of perceptions. The accurate way to look at this is that we had the second or third best wrestler in the weight in most divisions. The bracketing didn't let that play out. We had people who didn't get out of the pool. They were silver or bronze under another bracketing system. With four returning medalists and a potential to medal at every weight, it was a lot lower than the most modest estimates. As coach, I need to accept responsibility for a slow first session. We had athletes not wrestle to their capabilities because they are slow starters. We have to teach them to wrestle fast, no matter what their history is."    MEDAL MATCHES    48 KG  Gold medal match - Brigitte Wagner (Germany) dec. Inga Karamtshakova (Russia), 4-3  Bronze medal match - Ida Hellstrom (Sweden) pin Nicoleta Badea (Romania), 2:50  5th - Carol Huyhn (Canada); 6th - Laurianne Mary (France); 7th - Angeles Barazza Sanchez (Mexico); 8th - Mayelis Caripa (Venezuela); 9th - Flor Quispe (Peru); 10th - Myrsini Koloni (Greece)    51 KG  Gold medal match - Sofia Poumbouridou (Greece) dec. Chiharu Icho (Japan), 3-0, ot,   Bronze medal match - Natalia Golts (Russia) dec. Lyndsay Belisle (Canada), 3-0  5th - Viktorya Brandush (Ukraine); 6th - M.Ugrun Percin (Turkey); 7th - Wen Juling (China); 8th -  M. Magdelena Arellano (Mexico); 9th - Alena Kareisha (Belarus); 10th - Stephanie Murata (USA)    55 KG  Gold medal match  Saori Yoshida (Japan) dec. Tina George (USA), 10-4  Bronze medal match  Ida Theres Karlsson (Sweden) dec. Konstantina Tsibanakou (Greece), 7-1  5th - Jen Ryz (Canada); 6th - Kitti Godo (Hungary); 7th - Monika Michalik (Poland); 8th - Viktoria Zagainova (Russia); 9th - Nadine Tokar (Switzerland); 10th - Isabelle Sambou (Senegal)    59 KG  Gold medal match  Alena Cartashova (Russia) dec. Lotta Andersson (Sweden), 4-0, ot, 7:07  Bronze medal match  Mabel Fonseca (Puerto Rico) dec. Sandrine Seve (France), 3-1, ot, 7:21  5th - Christina Oertli (Germany); 6th - Ramirez Mendoza (Mexico); 7th - Rena Iwama (Japan); 8th - Emily Richardson (Canada); 9th - Agoro Papavassiliou (Greece); 10th - Oxana Shalikova (Ukraine)    63 KG