SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Rulon Gardner was just another obstacle the Cuban wrestling team shoved aside in sweeping the seven Greco-Roman gold medals at the Pan American Games.

The 2000 Olympic heavyweight champion, coming back from a snowmobiling accident in 2002 that resulted in the amputation of a toe, lost to Mijian Lopez 5-0 Sunday. It was the third time Lopez beat Gardner this year, all by shutouts.

"I feel very good beating Gardner," 20-year-old Lopez said. "I'm in optimal condition, and I feel I am one of the best in the world."

Lopez's win was the most impressive of the Cuban sweep. Another American Olympian, Brandon Paulson, lost in the 121-pound class to Lazaro Rivas, who is 5-0 against Paulson.

"I have the world championships in a month and a half, and I hope to meet him in the final, and I know I can beat him," Paulson said. "I hate winning silver. I've won too many of them."

The United States took four silver medals -- Gardner, Paulson, Brad Vering and Justin Ruiz -- plus bronzes by T.C. Dantzler and James Gruenwald.

The host nation got its first medal of these games when Angelo Mota took silver behind Cuban Juan Maren at 145½ pounds.

Cuba's big haul in wrestling gives it the lead in gold medals, but the United States tops the overall chart. The Cubans have 11 golds and four bronzes. The Americans have six golds, nine silvers and six bronzes.

In trap shooting, Lance Bade had to be perfect to win another Pan Ams gold medal.

So the two-time Olympian hit all 25 shots in the final round Sunday to edge Rodrigo Bastos of Brazil for the men's title. He finished with 147 points, one more than Bastos.

"I was just reading the targets right," Bade said. "I had a feeling about where it would be coming, and I read it dead on."

So dead on that it seemed to unnerve the Brazilian, who missed four late shots.

"Bade has just been so on during these last couple of days," said teammate Chris Kiernan of Colorado Springs, Colo., who finished eighth. "He is really hitting clean shots. It would be hard to find someone who has his talent and experience."

It was the second shooting gold medal in two days for the men's squad.

The female gymnasts received a congratulatory call Sunday morning from President Bush after becoming the first Americans to win gold Saturday.

"Good morning, champs," Bush said. "I hope you're feeling as good as you should this morning. Congratulations on your individual and team efforts. We're extremely proud of you, and the entire U.S. team at the Pan American Games. We're really proud of what you all stand for. You compete with the highest standards and represent the United States with class and dignity. Congratulations on a great job."

The young U.S. men's basketball team couldn't do the job down the stretch and lost to Puerto Rico 86-85. Andre Barrett of Seton Hall missed an off-balance shot at the buzzer as the Americans twice had problems getting off shots in the closing minutes.

Puerto Rico used a 13-4 run early in the fourth quarter to take a lead it would not relinquish. But Ramon Dalmau missed two free throws and the Puerto Ricans lost the rebound of the second one out of bounds before Barrett's last-second jumper rimmed out.

The U.S. women's squad fared better. One day after losing a fourth straight game to Cuba, the team beat Canada 56-53. Canada led 52-51 with less than two minutes to go. Duke forward Iciss Tillis reached over an opponent to keep a rebound alive, leading to Stanford's Nicole Powell hitting a 3-pointer with 1:27 left to put Team USA ahead for good.

The men were to play Puerto Rico at night.

The U.S. men won their second straight lopsided water polo game, 17-5 over Brazil. They beat the Dominican Republic 24-0 in their opener.

"This team has been working so hard," U.S. coach Ratko Rudic said. "We have 13 players out here that can play at such a high level. Tournaments like this are so important because we can do so much more and use it for our preparations. We may also be the best-prepared and best-conditioned team in the tournament."

And the U.S. baseball team got its 24th consecutive victory with a 12-0, seven-inning win over the Bahamas.

Mario Vasquez Rana, president of the Pan American Sports Organization, was hospitalized Sunday with pneumonia. Physicians said he was in good condition and should be able to resume work in a few days.

U.S. gymnast Sho Nakamori, who broke his leg Saturday in warm-ups for the men's team competition, underwent successful surgery in Miami on Sunday. U.S. Olympic Committee medical director Ed Ryan said Nakamori will be hospitalized for several days.

USOC spokesman Darryl Seibel said his organization was still attempting to get women's team saber and foil reinstated on the games program. Both events were not scheduled, although the U.S. team said it was not made aware of that and brought athletes for those disciplines.

"We are still working with the PASO technical committee to find out if it is possible to have those two disciplines included on the program even if it is a demonstration,'" Seibel said. "We haven't been given a time frame for when a decision might be made."