Hamm&#39;s Gold Was in Error, but He&#39;ll Keep It
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A scoring mistake cost Yang Tae Young of South Korea the gold medal in the men&#39;s gymnastics all-around event, officials from the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday.
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- US shot-putter Adam Nelson stood outside the throwing circle, his hands on the back of his head, his hopes just dashed by a foul on a throw that would have won the gold medal.
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A US judge involved in the scoring mistake that may have helped Paul Hamm win the all-around gold medal at the Athens Olympics lost his place Friday on a key committee of gymnastics&#39; world governing body.
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Whatever decision the Court of Arbitration for Sport makes in the Paul Hamm case, it won't involve a duplicate gold medal for rival Yang Tae Young. The South Koreans, who claim Yang would have won the Olympic gymnastics all-around had it not been for a scoring error, want their man declared the sole champion.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Wouldn&#39;t that have been great? Paul Hamm, the man with the tarnished gold medal in the gymnastics all-around event earlier this week, coming out Sunday night and saying, &quot;The right and honorable
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Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost some of its luster. A mistake in scoring of the all-around gymnastics final cost Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday. The South Korean got the bronze instead. Three judges were suspended, but the FIG said the results would not be changed, and that Hamm would keep his gold medal.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.    The Court of Arbitration for Sport convened to hear the appeal from a South Korean who lost the gold medal in the men's all-around at last month's Athens Olympics because of a scoring error...
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Because rarely is a rally so improbable, even the man who pulled it off didn&#39;t believe he could. On the same day he crash-landed on the vault and dropped to 12th place, Hamm nailed his final two routines Wednesday evening to claim ...
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WASHINGTON : American Paul Hamm was celebrating what he hailed as a &quot;third victory&quot; after being told by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that he could keep the Olympic gold medal he won in the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics event in Athens.
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American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep the US&#39; first men&#39;s all-around gymnastics Olympic title, although the sport&#39;s governing body confirmed a scoring error Saturday.
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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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PAUL HAMM&#39;S fall and rise are what make the Olympics so much more than a sports event. The US gymnast who spun despair into gold on Wednesday gives hope to the whole human endeavor by defusing the word &quot;loser.&quot; ...
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Two months after a judging error overshadowed one of the most stunning comebacks in Olympic history, Paul Hamm is no longer stuck in limbo.
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World champion Paul Hamm fell from first to 12th with a shocking stumble on his vault landing, then made an astonishing rally in the last two events to win the Olympic men&#39;s all-around gold medal on Wednesday.
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In a major setback for drug testers, American cyclist Tyler Hamilton will not lose his Olympic gold medal after an error in the handling of his specimen.
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ATHENS, Greece - He had to be perfect and hope no one else was. A fall on his vault landing sent Paul Hamm stumbling into the judges' table and all the way down to 12th place in the all-around gymnastics final...
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Michael Wilbon is wrong [Sports, Aug. 22]. Paul Hamm should turn in his gold medal, which he did not earn. The judges&#39; clerical error had no effect on how Paul Hamm or Yang Tae Young performed, and the correction can be made after the fact.