Sara McMann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) claimed the individual gold medal at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. at the Olympic Testing Event in Athens, Greece, Saturday, January 24.    U.S. wrestlers won three medals in the tournament out of the four weight classes contested. Winning the silver medal at 55 kg/121 lbs was Tina George (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army). Capturing the bronze medal at 72 kg/158.5 lbs was Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/New York AC).    The event is being held to test the venue which will house the Olympic wrestling competition this summer at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games. The event features many of the greatest women wrestlers in the world, the athletes who are medal hopefuls for the first women's wrestling event in Olympic history this summer. The four weight classes contested in Athens this weekend are the four that will be contested at the Olympic Games.    "Pretty much everybody was here," said USA Wrestling Women's National Coach Terry Steiner. "We wrestled pretty well."    McMann was dominant in her performance, winning both of her matches on Saturday by technical fall. In the semifinals, she defeated Aurora Fajardo of Spain by a 12-2 margin. In the gold-medal finals, McMann dominated Alena Kartashova of Russia, 12-1.    "Sara wrestled almost a perfect match in the finals," said Steiner. "That woman is dangerous. Sara controlled the tie-ups. The girls at that weight don't know how to deal with Sara's strength. She stayed focused, too, when the Russian hit her during the finals match."    George won two matches against very tough opponents to qualify for the finals, both athletes who had recently defeated her in matches. In the quarterfinals, George stopped Diletta Giampiccola of Italy, 6-4. In the semifinals, George defeated Tonya Verbeek of Canada, 5-0.    In the gold-medal finals, George was beaten by Yanshi Gao of China, 4-0. Gao scored all of her points from one throw, but George could not score at all.     "Tina had some great matches," said Steiner. "She had a great match with the Italian athlete who beat her in New York City. She got her offense going, and did a great job of controlling the match by controlling the ties. She also got her offense going against Verbeek. Against the Chinese woman, it was an even match. We let her control the two-on-one too much, and she got a big move from it. Tina never got going in that match. Tina fought hard every match, and wrestled smart tactically."    Montgomery lost to five-time World Champion Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan in the semifinals, 4-3. It was a very close match in which Montgomery led at one point, but Hamaguchi scored the final point. The two athletes are developing a strong rivalry, having split a pair of matches this past fall at the World Championships and World Cup.    In the bronze medal match, Montgomery controlled Svetlana Martynenko of Russia, 6-1.    "Toccara is right there. She is the most feared person at that weight by the other wrestlers," said Steiner. "We have to wrestle better technically in some positions. If she does that, she will be unstoppable."    The only U.S. wrestler not to medal was two-time World silver medalist Patricia Miranda (Colorado Springs, Colo./Dave Schultz WC) at 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Miranda was beaten in her pool competition on Friday by 2003 World Champion Chiharu Icho of Japan. Miranda placed fifth in the competition.    "Patricia gave 100%. She fought hard but she was not executing against Icho," said Steiner. "We put on heat and pressure, but didn't score points. It was a great effort, as usual, for Patricia."    All four of the U.S. women wrestlers at this event were 2003 World silver medalists in New York City. Miranda, George and Montgomery have all won two career World silver medals.    Steiner was very impressed with the venue that will house the wrestling at the Olympic Games, calling it first-rate in many ways.    "It is a magnificent place, and it is not even done yet," said Steiner. "With all the bells and whistles, it will be even better. It is a comfortable setting for the athletes."