Two teams of talented international wrestling stars will battle America's best wrestlers in the 2003 Titan Games, the exciting new multi-sport competition set for San Jose, Calif., Feb. 13-15.    Leading the opposition will be Cuba, the 2001 World Greco-Roman team champions and a nation that regularly places in the top five in both freestyle and Greco-Roman on the Olympic level.    The Titan Games wrestling competition is a dual meet format, with 13-athlete wrestling teams competing in all three international styles: men's freestyle, men's Greco-Roman and women's freestyle wrestling.    Wrestling will be held alongside boxing, fencing, judo, karate, shot put, taekwondo and weightlifting in the unique and entertaining event. The sports competitions will be held side-by-side at the San Jose State Events Center, allowing fans to watch many outstanding combat sports all at the same time.    Prize money is at stake for the teams, based upon their finish in the Titan Games tournament. A total of $80,000 will be split up among the athletes competing in the eight sports involved in the competition.    In wrestling, Team USA will have dual meets against Cuba as well as an international all-star team, comprised mainly by wrestlers from Russia and the independent nations from the former Soviet Union.    The Cuban team is powerful, with five World Champions and numerous Olympic and World medalists on the roster. In men's freestyle, World Champions include Rene Montero at 55 kg/121 lbs., Yoel Romero at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Alexis Rodriguez at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. In men's Greco-Roman wrestling, two-time Olympic champion and World Champion Filiberto Azcuy will compete at 74 kg/163 lbs., as well as World Champion Lazaro Rivas at 55 kg/121 lbs.     A new Cuban star is Greco-Roman heavyweight Mijian Lopez, who upset Olympic and World Champion Rulon Gardner of the USA 3-0 at the Dave Schultz Memorial International on Sunday, Feb. 9. It was Gardner's first loss since returning in the fall from his frostbite injuries, which kept him off the mats for a year and resulted in the loss of one toe.    Another marquee matchup between Cuba and the United States will come at 84 kg/185 lbs., where American college legend Cael Sanderson will battle World Champion and Olympic silver medalist Yoel Romero of Cuba. Sanderson is the most successful U.S. college athlete in wrestling history, a four-time undefeated NCAA champion. Sanderson just making his name on the international level. Romero is powerful, and wrestles a quick and aggressive style. Sanderson moves with speed and fluent motions, and is considered a tremendous technician. Sports fans across the world are looking forward to this battle with great anticipation.    Assisting the Cuban team are three wrestlers from Pan American neighbor Canada. Cuba does not field a women's wrestling team, so their two women's weight classes feature two-time World medalist Jennifer Ryz at 55 kg/121 lbs. as well as past World Team member Trish Leibel at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. As Cuba did not bring a 60 kg/132 lbs. men's freestyle athlete on this tour to America, the spot is being filled by Canada's hottest wrestler at this time, World Team member Saeed Azarbaijani.    The International All-Stars will also provide a stiff test for the U.S.athletes. There will be four athletes from Russia, the No. 1 wrestling power in the world. The other spots in the lineup will be filled with athletes from other top wrestling nations from the . The team's four Greco-Roman athletes are from powerful Kazakhstan, and some of the freestyle athletes compete for respected World power Belarus.    Of the men'sfreestyle stars, Russian talents include World Team members Prokopy Petrov at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Irbek Farniev at 66 kg/145.5 pounds. Of the Belarus athletes, the top stars are 2001 Military World Champion Siarhei Borchenko at 96 kg/as well as World placewinner Boris Hrinkevich at 120 kg/264.5 lbs.    In Greco-Roman, the top competitors from Kazakhstan include past Junior World Champions Asset Imanbaev at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Georgiy Tsurtsumia at 264.5 lbs.    The women wrestlers are also formidable. At 62 kg/138.75 lbs., three-time World bronze medalist Lene Aanes of Norway will compete, along with World Championshipsplacewinner Natalia Ivashko of Russia at 55 kg/121 lbs.    The Titan Games is believed to be the first major international wrestling events in which teams featuring athletes in all three international styles will compete together in a dual meet format.    The wrestling action begins on Friday, Feb. 14 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific time, when the USA battles Cuba. The next match, between Cuba and the International All-stars, is set for Saturday, Feb. 15 at 12:00 noon. The final showdown, with the USA vs. the International All-Stars, is set for Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7:00 p.m.    Cuba Titan Games Wrestling Team   Freestyle Wrestlers  55 kg/121 lbs.  Rene Montero (Cuba)  60 kg/132 lbs.  Saeed Azarbaijani (Canada)  66 kg/145.5 lbs  Garndris Garzon (Cuba)  74 kg/163 lbs. Yosmany Sanchez (Cuba)  84 kg/185 lbs. Yoel Romero (Cuba)  96 kg/211.25 lbs.  Wilfredo Morales (Cuba)  120 kg/264.5 lbs. Alexis Rodriguez (Cuba)  Greco-Roman Wrestlers  55 kg/121 lbs.  Lazaro Rivas (Cuba)  60 kg/132 lbs.  Roberto Monzon (Cuba)  74 kg/163 lbs.  Filiberto Azcuy (Cuba)  120 kg/264.5 lbs.  Mijian Lopez (Cuba)  Women Freestyle Wrestlers  55 kg/121 lbs.  Jennifer Ryz (Canada)  63 kg/138.75 lbs. Trish Leibel (Canada)    International All-Stars Titan Games  Wrestling Team  Freestyle Wrestlers  55 kg/121 lbs.  Alexandr Kaminski (Belarus)  60 kg/132 lbs.  Prokopy Petrov (Russia)  66 kg/145.5 lbs.  Irbek Farniev (Russia)  74 kg/163 lbs.  Rouslan Kokaev (Russia)  84 kg/185 lbs.  Semen Semenok (Belarus)  96 kg/211.25 lbs.  Siarhei Borchenko (Belarus)   120 kg/264.5 lbs.  Boris Hrinkevich (Belarus)  Greco-Roman Wrestlers  55 kg/121 lbs. Asset Imanbaev (Kazakhstan)  60 kg/132 lbs.  Nurlan Koizhaiganov (Kazakhstan)  74 kg/163 lbs. Bek Mardenov (Kazakhstan)  120 kg/264.5 lbs.  Georgiy Tsurtsumia (Kazakhstan)  Women Freestyle Wrestlers  55 kg/121 lbs. Natalya Ivashko (Russia)  63 kg/138.75 lbs.  Lene Aanes (Norway)