BEIJING • If one win over Japan’s most accomplished women’s wrestler was enough, Marcie Van Dusen wouldn’t have bothered coming to the Olympics.

The Olympic Training Center resident wants more.

“Let’s do it again,” Van Dusen said of a potential rematch Saturday with 2004 Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion Saori Yoshida in the 121-pound women’s freestyle division of the Beijing Games.

Van Dusen, 26, beat Yoshida in the World Cup in China in January, making waves in the global wrestling community by handing the Japanese star her first international loss and snapping her 119-match winning streak.

Since then, the tears Yoshida shed on the mat have dried and Van Dusen has run her mouth like a prize fighter, notintimidated by a 25-year-old security guard whose aggressive style often confuses opponents.

It’s possible Van Dusen and Yoshida could meet before the medal round in Beijing, where Yoshida probably will have the benefit of a strong fan following, considering China’s proximity to Japan.

Either way, Van Dusen, a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs student, remains confident despite an unimposing resume highlighted by two national titles, a Pan American Games silver medal and a 10th-place finish at the 2007 world championships.

“I heard she wants a rematch, so I thought I’d come back and give her one,” said Van Dusen, joined in Beijing by OTC women’s wrestlers Clarissa Chun and Randi Miller. “She had 119 matches without a loss. I couldn’t let her continue with that. I know that I can beat the best in the world, and now I have the evidence to prove it.”

In their only meeting on the senior level, Van Dusen frustrated Yoshida – part of a Japanese powerhouse with 54 gold medals at the past 19 world championships – by turning her on her back and avoiding tackle attempts.

Van Dusen has watched video of Yoshida the past four years, studying her style to develop different attacks and lots of defensive strategies.

“She’s very quick, and she’s explosive,” Van Dusen said. “She’s very aware of where she is when she’s wrestling because she makes quick adjustments.”

Yoshida said losing to Van Dusen has provided motivation.

“I’m glad she made it to the Olympics so I can get a chance to face her again,” Yoshida told Japanese reporters last month. “I definitely want to beat her.”

Van Dusen maintains another victory against Yoshida is realistic.

“For me,” she said, “it wouldn’t be an upset.

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