Bring home the gift of U.S. Olympic Wrestling this Holiday Season – Get a Legends DVD if you buy you
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Jeff Weitekamp (Indiana Sports Corporation)
12/16/2003
USA Wrestling presents the perfect gift for the wrestling fan in your family. Stuff their singlet with tickets to the most prestigious wrestling event in the United States...the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling in Indianapolis. For a short time only, those who purchase their All-Session Gold Medal Club tickets for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling will receive a special USA Wrestling Legends DVD or tape. This highlight video includes Olympic Champions from the 1940's to present, including stars like Dan Gable, Dave Schultz and many more. Order your tickets to the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling now to qualify for this offer. The first 50 fans to purchase Gold Medal Club All-Session tickets before December 31 will each receive a copy of this celebration of Olympic Wrestling. To order call (800) HI-FIVES and ask for the Olympic Trials Holiday Offer or print the order form available by clicking the link below and mail it to the 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling at the address on the order form. Click here to download your ticket order form for Olympic Trials Holiday Offer. Two All-Session ticket packages are available. The first is the Gold Medal Club All-Session ticket package for $150, which features reserved seating, access to the Gold Medal Club Lounge, a souvenir program, a commemorative gift, autograph signings with former Olympic athletes, free parking and an exclusive opportunity to meet the new U.S. Olympic Team. The Silver Level All-Session ticket package is $80 in general admission seating. The U.S. Olympic Team Trials competition format features a two-day challenge tournament and a championship finals series. The challenge tournament in all three styles will take place Friday, May 21 and Saturday, May 22. This will include all of the competitors except the 2004 national champions who will advance to the finals. The 2004 national championships will be in Las Vegas April 9-10. Sunday, May 23, will be the championship finals in each weight class, featuring the national champion against the challenge tournament winner in a best-of-three series. There will be seven weight classes in Greco-Roman and men's freestyle. The four women's freestyle weight classes contested will be 48 kg./105.5 lbs., 55 kg./121 lbs., 63 kg./138.5 lbs. and 72 kg./158.5 kg. Only the champions in each weight class will be on the U.S. Olympic Team and compete at the Olympic Games August 22-29, 2004, in Athens, Greece. The RCA Dome - home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, the 1991, 1997, 2000, 2006 and 2010 NCAA Men's Final Four, 2005 NCAA Women's Final Four and the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships - will be the site of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. It will be the first time an elite-level wrestling event will be staged in a domed stadium. USA Wrestling and Indiana Sports Corporation are organizing the event. For hotel reservations, fans should contact the Wrestling Housing Bureau at 1-800-556-INDY (4639) or housing@indianapolis.org, or visit www.trials2004.com on the Internet to reserve hotel rooms. 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Wrestling Quick Facts When: May 21-23, 2004 Where: RCA Dome, Indianapolis Who: The top eight finishers in each weight class from the U.S. National Championships in Las Vegas April 9-10, 2004, qualify for the event as well as champions from five Olympic Trials Regional events. Competitors include a mix of champions and upcoming superstars. Athletes expected to compete in Indianapolis include: Olympic champion Rulon Gardner; World champions Dremiel Byers, Kristie Marano and Melvin Douglas; Olympic medalists Brandon Paulson and Garrett Lowney; World medalists Cael Sanderson, Tina George, Patricia Miranda, Kerry McCoy, Sara McMann, Joe Williams, Toccara Montgomery, Jenny Wong and Sally Roberts and many other top wrestlers. Tournament Schedule: Day - Date - Session Time - Competition Day 1 - Friday, May 21 - 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Challenge Tournament Preliminaries and Consolation Rounds Day 1 - Friday, May 21 - 5-9 p.m. - Challenge Tournament Quarterfinals and Consolation Rounds Day 2 - Saturday, May 22 - 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Challenge Tournament Semifinals and Consolation Rounds Day 2 - Saturday, May 22 - 5-9 p.m. - Challenge Tournament Finals and Consolation Rounds Day 3 - Sunday, May 23 - 10 a.m.-12 noon - Championship Finals Match #1 Day 3 - Sunday, May 23 - 3:30-5:30 p.m. - Championship Finals Match #2 Day 3 - Sunday, May 23 - 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Championship Finals Match #3 (if necessary) Ticket Information: Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster. All-Session ticket prices are: Gold Medal Club - $150, Silver Level - $80. In central Indiana, call (317) 239-5151, or visit www.ticketmaster.com or www.trials2004.com over the Internet. Hotel Reservations: Contact the Wrestling Housing Bureau at www.trials2004.com, 1-800-556-INDY (4639) or housing@indianapolis.org.