easily dominate everyone else. The Americans medaled in women's wrestling for the second straight Olympics, as Clarissa Chun joined men's freestyler Coleman Scott as bronze medalists. But the Greco-Roman team, which won the world team
the medal-starved Americans. The U.S. entered Friday with just one medal; a bronze won by women's freestyler Clarissa Chun . Burroughs was by far the best hope the U.S. had for a gold, and the fear was that if he fell short the Americans
titles she picked up in 2003 and 2005. She eventually earned the U.S. spot for the Beijing Games and, like teammate Clarissa Chun , finished a respectable fifth. At last year's world championships, she pinned the 2008 gold medalist, Jiao Wang
Byers, United States Women Freestyle 48kg Gold: Carol Huynh, Canada Silver: Hitomi Obara Sakamoto, Japan Bronze: Clarissa Chun , United States, Maria Stadnyk, Azerbaijan 55kg Gold: Saori Yoshida, Japan Silver: Ida-Theres Nerell, Sweden
Byers , United States Women Freestyle 48kg Gold: Carol Huynh, Canada Silver: Hitomi Obara Sakamoto, Japan Bronze: Clarissa Chun , United States, Maria Stadnyk, Azerbaijan 55kg Gold: Saori Yoshida, Japan Silver: Ida-Theres Nerell, Sweden