Hamm owed an apology
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Usually at sporting events, people know who wins and who loses or who comes in first, second, third and so forth by the score. In fact, there is no other way to run athletic competitions; most would agree
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Paul Hamm is heading home, and he's taking his gold medal with him, thank you. The gymnastics competition may be over at the Athens Olympics, but the whining about judges might continue all the way to Beijing.
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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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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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United States Olympic officials have accused the gymnastics world body of putting &quot;outrageous and improper pressure&quot; on Paul Hamm to hand over his gold medal to a South Korean rival.
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Olympic all-round gymnastics champion Paul Hamm said yesterday that he would return his gold medal if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that a judging error denied South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young the title.
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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. Olympic Committee told them to take responsibility for their own mistakes.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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...
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The USOC would consider giving a duplicate gold medal to a South Korean gymnast to make up for the scoring error that gave American Paul Hamm the all-around title.
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ATHENS - American gymnast Paul Hamm apparently has no intention of voluntarily giving up his Olympic gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around competition.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm's gold medal has 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...
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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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Let me be clear here, since some self-righteous columnists who wouldn&#39;t know a handstand from a night stand have entered the fray: Paul Hamm should not give up his gold medal.
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ATHENS -- In a move that only served to escalate the controversy surrounding American Paul Hamm's all-around gold medal, the International Gymnastics Federation yesterday asked the Olympic champion to give the medal to Korean rival Yang Tae Young as a gesture of fair play.
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ATHENS - With a disastrous landing on the vault that sent him stumbling off the mat and nearly into the judges&#39; laps, Paul Hamm thought it was over.
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WORCESTER -- Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on.
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Olympic champion Paul Hamm has decided to return to competitive gymnastics, hoping for a less tumultuous path to the all-around title at the Beijing Olympics than the one he took in Athens.