U.S. Olympic medalist finds South Korean birth father
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U.S. Olympic freestyle skiing medallist Toby Dawson said on Tuesday he had found his biological father and would be meeting him 25 years after going missing as a toddler in a busy market street in South Korea.
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Among the things that have occurred frequently at the 2004 Olympics: Weird happenings, and success by American athletes. In the final event of the Games last night, both were in evidence.
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.
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An Olympic hero reminds South Korea of the pain of exporting its children, while an actress expounds the joys of parenthood and the government the rewards. But South Koreans still don't like adopting other people's children.
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The South Korean gymnast who lost the all-around title to Paul Hamm because of a scoring error files an appeal Sunday with a sports arbitration panel asking it to help him get a gold medal.
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ATHENS -- In another era, say as far back as the pre-BALCO days, it would have been a wonderful moment. The host country's new hero, a rising star, sets an Olympic record, wins a gold medal, and lifts the emotions of an entire nation.
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ATHENS, Greece -- US Olympic officials on Saturday said they would consider supporting South Korean officials in a bid to award duplicate gold medals for the men&#39;s all-around title, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Lost in the happy ending that Paul Hamm is the rightful owner of the Olympic men&#39;s all-around gold medal instead of South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-Young was the reality that justice was only partially served.
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Description: Sheik Ahmed Al Maktoum, a member of Dubai&#39;s royal family, wins the first Olympic medal for the United Arab Emirates -- and it&#39;s gold. Al Maktoum won in the men&#39;s double trap shooting event.
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Dwight Phillips wore gold shoes to compete in the Olympic long jump final. A few hours later, he had a medal to match. Phillips, a Georgia native who lives in Tempe, Ariz.
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For weeks, Paul Hamm&#39;s Olympic gold medal sat in a drawer at his boyhood home, carefully tucked inside a sock so it wouldn&#39;t be scratched or damaged.
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Double Olympic snowboarding silver medalist Danny Kass has not given up hope of adding gold to his medal collection.
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Fort Washington native Charles Smith Jr. wins the silver medal in the finweight division at Saturday's U.S. Open Taekwondo championship in New Orleans.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Nia Abdallah won the first United States medal ever in women&#39;s taekwondo Friday, fighting her way through three rounds before falling in the under-57kg gold medal match and earning a silver.
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ATHENS -- In the 2000 Games, the US taekwondo team brought four athletes to Sydney and won one medal, Steve Lopez taking the gold in the 150-pound division.
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Paul Hamm of the USA celebrates with his coach after scoring a 9.837 in the horizontal bar to claim victory in the men&#39;s artistic gymnastics individual competition on August 18, 2004, during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Sports ...
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ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men&#39;s all-round gymnastics gold medal.