The United States claimed the team title at the highly respected Klippan Ladies Open at Klippan, Sweden, led by a pair of individual champions: Lauren Lamb (Troy, N.Y./Michigan WC) at 59 kg/130 lbs. and Sara McMann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 63 kg/138.5 lbs.    The tournament, held March 8-9, featured most of the world's best wrestling nations, as well as a large number of World Champions and medalists. The United States had 14 points, followed by Germany with 13 points and Japan with 12 points.     McMann was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the championships, after pinning five-time World Champion Nikola Hartmann-Dunser of Austria in the finals.    In the semifinals, McMann stopped 2002 World bronze medalist Lene Aanes of Norway, 6-1. It was the third meeting between the two within a month. McMann defeated Aanes at the Dave Schultz Memorial International, and Aanes beat McMann at the Titan Games.    In the pool competition, McMann also stopped 2002 World Champion Kaori Icho of Japan, 6-3. Icho had pinned McMann in the pool competition at the 2002 World Championships.    Lamb scored a tight 8-7 win over Helena Allandi of Sweden in the gold-medal finals. Lamb, a member of the 2002 U.S. World Team, has competed on six U.S. World teams and has placed as high as fifth in the World Championships.    Winning a silver medal for the United States was Katie Downing (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 67 kg/147.5 lbs. Downing was defeated in the gold-medal finals by Ewelina Pruszko of Poland, 3-1. Pruzsko was fourth at the 2002 World Championships.    Claiming a bronze medal for the United States was Patricia Miranda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Miranda defeated U.S. rival Clarissa Chun (Colorado Springs, Colo./Gator WC) with a 10-0 technical fall in the bronze-medal match.    In the semifinals, Miranda lost to 2002 World Champion Brigette Wagner of Germany, 6-2. Miranda has wrestled Wagner three times this season, defeating the German star the first two times. Chun was pinned in the semifinals by Irina Melnik of Greece, who won the tournament. Melnik previously competed for Ukraine, and is a past World Champion.    Japan had three individual champions at the tournament: Chiharu Icho at 51 kg/112.25 lbs., Seiko Yamamoto at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Kyoko Hamaguchi at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. Icho and Hamaguchi were 2002 World Champions, and Yamamoto is a past multiple World Champion.    An example of the quality of the tournament came at 72 kg/158.5 lbs., where six-time World Champion Christine Nordhagen-Vierling of Canada did not qualify for the medal rounds.    KLIPPAN CUP  at Klippan, Sweden, March 8-9  Medal Match results   48 kg/105.5 lbs.  Gold - Irena Melnik (Greece) dec. Brigette Wagner (Germany), 4-3  Bronze - Patricia Miranda (USA) tech. fall over Clarissa Chun (USA), 10-0    51 kg/112.25 lbs.  Gold -Saori Icho (Japan) dec. Alexandra Demmel (Germany)  Bronze - Nicole Hauptmann (Germany) dec. Charisse Reece (Sweden)    55 kg/121 lbs.  Gold - Seiko Yamamoto (Japan) dec. Natalie Oeltes (Russia), 5-4, ot  Bronze - Erica Sharp (Canada) pin Tonya Verbeek (Canada)    59 kg/130 lbs.   Gold - Lauren Lamb (USA) dec. Helena Allandi (Sweden), 8-7  Bronze - Stephanie Stuber (Germany) dec. Cecelia Aneston (Sweden)    63 kg/138.5 lbs.  Gold - Sara McMann (USA) pin Nikola Hartmann-Dunser (Austria)  Bronze - Lene Aanes (Norway) dec. Lotta Anderson (Sweden)    67 kg/147.5 lbs.   Gold - Ewelina Pruszko (Poland) dec. Katie Downing (USA), 3-1  Bronze - Julietta Batonaskia (Russia) dec. Anikka Oertli (Germany)    72 kg/158.5 lbs.  Gold - Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan) dec. Monika Kowalska (Poland)  Bronze - Nina Englich (Germany) dec. Svetlana Martinenko (Russia)    Team Standings  1. United States, 14  2. Germany, 13  3. Japan, 12  4. Poland, 7  5. Russia, 6  6. Sweden, 5  7. Greece, 4  8. Austria, 3  8. Canada, 3  10. Norway, 2    All medal match results not available.  More complete results to be published when available.    Event web page is below (Top four in each division, Senior and Cadet)  http://ymer.klippan.se/kbk/lady_open.htm