USOC upset over FIG&#39;s attempt to pressure Hamm
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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has rejected a request by FIG, the international gymnastics federation, to deliver a letter to all-around champion Paul
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The International Gymnastics Federation is reviewing a protest by South Korea that a scoring error cost its contestant a gold medal in the Olympic men&#39;s individual all-around competition.
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ATHENS, GREECE - It is a measure of revenge, but no one would dare claim it as anywhere near equal. The United States&#39; victory over Australia in water polo Thursday earned the US a bronze medal, but it wasn
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American gymnast Paul Hamm, who was asked to return his Olympic gold medal in the men's all-around because of a scoring error, may have received another snub.
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THE US Olympic Committee will consider supporting South Korea&#39;s bid to claim a duplicate gold medal for one of its gymnasts to make up for the scoring error which gave American Paul Hamm the all-around title.
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ATHENS, Greece - When the first whistle chirped, US women&#39;s soccer icon Mia Hamm thought it was merely a foul call. She wondered when the endless, harrowing gold medal match against Brazil would finally end.
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AMERICA was on the brink of another sporting humiliation last night after Spain stormed into a 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup final. After the US Olympic &#39;Dream Team&#39; mustered only a basketball bronze medal, the
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The US men&#39;s national soccer team, holding a slim lead atop the CONCACAF region&#39;s Group 1, faces a tricky test today as it meets an El Salvador team battling to stay alive.
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The ruling body of gymnastics (FIG)  denied Saturday putting pressure on all-round champion Paul  Hamm to hand over his gold medal to South Korea's Yang  Tae-young, saying the decision should be left to the American.
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Athens - The world&#39;s top gymnastics official wants American Paul Hamm to return his gold medal to help correct a judging error and quell a controversy, but the US Olympic Committee called the request &quot;deplorable&quot; and said Friday that Hamm will hang onto
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U.S. Olympic chiefs reacted furiously  Friday to a suggestion gold medallist Paul Hamm should give his  medal to a South Korean rival under a plan floated by world  gymnastics officials.
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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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Gymnastics officials asked Paul Hamm to give up his gold medal as the ultimate show of sportsmanship, but the U.S.O.C. told them to take responsibility for their own mistakes.
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US Olympic Committee officials angrily denounced gymnasticsâ international federation for sending a letter to Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm asking him
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US gymnast Paul Hamm can keep his gold medal from the all-around event at the Athens Olympics after the highest review panel in international sports rejected a protest from a South Korean competitor.
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U.S. Olympic chiefs accused world  gymnastics officials of putting "outrageous and improper  pressure" on gold medallist Paul Hamm to give his medal to a  South Korean rival.
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The US Olympic Committee has filed an appeal with the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to block a decision that would strip Michael Johnson and the rest of the US men&#39;s 4x400 relay team members of their 2000 Olympic gold medals because of