Bittersweet end for gymnasts
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ATHENS - There was room for one error - maybe two - in the Olympic women&#39;s gymnastics final, but not three.
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An extraordinary display of &quot;people power&quot; brought pandemonium to the final evening of Olympic gymnastics. The crowd&#39;s gasps of awe turned into howls of fury on Monday night when the score flashed up on the
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There were no tears from Matthew Pinsent yesterday as he finally announced his expected retirement from rowing. He had left all those behind on a drenched victory podium at Schinias
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ATHENS, Greece -- If international gymnastics is a brick house, the mortar holding it together is a conglomerate of finger-pointing, dubious judging, scandal, complaining and bald-faced weeping.
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Bouncing back from mistakes Wednesday that would have cost a great team the gold medal on most days, the Americans finished with two of the most dazzling routines of the entire competition to clinch their second title at the world gymnastics championships.
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After months of carrying around the pressure to win an Olympic all-around gymnastics title, after being dubbed the next Mary Lou Retton so long ago, Patterson finished her floor exercise Thursday and nearly floated off the floor, leaping ...
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The Greek faithful came to see if their 35-year-old star of Olympics past could give them one last thrill. They left having witnessed the new breed of lifting.
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An attempt by world gymnastics officials to find an easy ending to the Paul Hamm medal saga has backfired and turned the whole thing into an even bigger mess.
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New York - Paul Hamm says Thursday&#39;s decision from sports&#39; highest court confirms what he&#39;s always felt in his heart. That he was champion in the men&#39;s all around that night at the Athens Games and Olympic gold medalist.
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ATHENS When Carly Patterson of the United States stepped onto the mat for the floor exercises that would close the women&#39;s all-round gymnastics competition on Thursday, the name of Svetlana Khorkina glowed golden at the top of the scoreboard above the ...
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ATHENS, Greece  -- For 10 minutes, the crowd booed and whistled, creating a deafening roar. Paul Hamm sat around and waited to start his routine. A week's worth of controversy in gymnastics boiled over into the stands Monday during a bizarre, extraordinary evening. Hamm was able to block out the noise and win a silver medal on high bar, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexei Nemov finished fifth, much to the chagrin of the crowd.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm&#39;s &quot;fairy-tale ending&quot; was unexpectedly revised at the Athens Olympics on Saturday when the international governing body for gymnastics said he should not have received the gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around final.
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A year ago, gymnasts Courtney Kupets and Annia Hatch wondered if injuries would prevent them from ever competing again. Last night in Athens, they not only competed, but they also excelled on the biggest stage of them all.
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ATHENS -- With a dazzling routine on the floor, American Carly Patterson staked her claim last night as the new queen of gymnastics. Patterson, 16, spoiled Russian superstar Svetlana Khorkina&#39;s final chance at Olympic gold in gymnastics&#39; premier event and ...
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It's not often gymnasts get curtain calls in qualifying at the World Gymnastics Championships.
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HIGHLIGHT: Emotional moments. We saw Sydney hero Rulon Gardner, crying as he removed his sneakers and left them on the mat -- a traditional signal of retirement -- after winning a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
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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.