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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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost its luster. A scoring mistake at the all-around gymnastics final cost South Korea's Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation ruled Saturday...
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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 -- The mistakes were so minor. Carly Patterson&#39;s foot scraping the lower of the uneven bars. Courtney Kupets&#39; tumbling pass that ended here instead of there. Mohini Bhardwaj&#39;s slight stumble on the beam.
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In many Olympics competitions winners and losers are determined by less than a fraction of a point and even the slightest error in scoring can set back an athlete from the gold to the bronze.
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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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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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The International Gymnastics Federation ruled on Thursday that American gymnast Paul Hamm may keep his Olympic gold medal for the men&#39;s gymnastic all-around title.
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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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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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Being a tumbling expert certainly comes in handy these days for gymnast Paul Hamm. Almost two weeks after he won his Olympic all-around gold medal, the controversy over a scoring error in the parallel bars
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 28, 2004 - 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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American gymnast Paul Hamm has a message for all his detractors: Don&#39;t disparage his gold. Speaking at Chelsea Piers yesterday, Hamm remained defiant against growing criticism over his controversial gold medal
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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, Greece - Sometimes you win silver, and sometimes you lose gold. Tuesday night in an Olympic Indoor Hall that was, for a change, more full than empty, the US Olympic Women&#39;s Gymnastics Team did the latter.
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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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Maybe there&#39;s some technical justification for why Paul Hamm was forced to defend his gymnastics gold medal Monday before a sports court in Switzerland.