Gardner and Local Titan Games Competitor Eric Guerrero Conducted First of a Series of Athlete Appearances to the Bay Area    SAN JOSE, Calif. -  On January 17, Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner (Cascade, Colo./Sunkist Kids) and three-time National Champion Eric Guerrero (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC) announced the official ticket sales for the 2003 Titan Games, presented by adidas. This is an international multi-sport competition to take place at the Event Center at San Jose State University, February 13-15, 2003.      The first to purchase general admissions tickets were members of the student body of Independence High School in San Jose where the pair conducted a wrestling clinic and speaker appearance at Guerrero's graduating high school. The wrestlers appearance is the first of a series of upcoming Olympian and Titan Games competitors to visit the Bay Area for the countdown to the Titan Games.      Tickets can be purchased through: TICKETMASTER.COM  or by calling 408.998.TIXS    San Jose residents can visit local Ticketmaster locations or the San Jose University Events Center.  Titan Games fans using their Visa card to purchase tickets will receive $4 off the price of general admission.    Ticket prices are as follows:    Single-Session Tickets  Lower Level - $28  Upper Level - $24    Multi-Session Pass  Lower Level - $75  Upper Level - $60    The Titan Games ticket sales kick-off comes on the heels of the announcement that Gardner, Guerrero and the USA Wrestling team will go head to head in competition with Russia and Cuba.    "This event will be the first time I can show the world that I am making my way back to the top," explains Gardner.  "I have proven I can still be the best in the U.S., but I want the world to see that I am ready to pursue international competition as well."    During the Titan Games Gardner's international competition will take place on the one-year anniversary of his traumatic incident which could have cost the Gold-medal Olympian his life.  Gardner was stranded overnight in freezing temperatures in the Wyoming mountains, and suffered frostbite, ultimately losing a toe to amputation.    The grapplers provided first hand tips in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling techniques at the Independence High School clinic. The duo will return for the Titan Games on Feb. 13-15, 2003.