Hamm Pleads Case as the One and Only Champ
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is Olympic gold medal safe in his parents&#39; Wisconsin farmhouse, lovingly tucked into a white gym sock, the gymnast Paul Hamm had one goal in mind when he boarded a plane for Europe last week: to remain the Olympic all-around champion.
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The South Korean gymnast who lost the all-around title to Paul Hamm because of a scoring error filed an appeal Sunday with a sports arbitration panel asking it to help him get a gold medal.
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Paul Hamm, the US gold medalist in men&#39;s gymnastics all-around, sat through an 11 1/2-hour Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing Monday -- with no results announced as this column went to press.
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NEW YORK -- For millions of Americans, gymnast Paul Hamm&#39;s fame began only when the broad-shouldered Olympian shrugged off a fall in the vaulting competition last week and made an inspired comeback to win gold.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon offers his thoughts on Paul Hamm, the US Olympic gymnast plagued by scoring scandals. Hamm has been asked -- indirectly -- to give up his gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around competition.
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American gold medal gymnast Paul Hamm says he got a &quot;good hearing&quot; on his defense of his Olympic medal. The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland will decide whether Hamm
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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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Gold medal winner at the Athens 2004 Olympics, US athlete Paul Hamm, foreground, looks back prior to the opening of a hearing of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Sept.
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The Olympics' most lingering controversy ended in court Thursday with Paul Hamm remaining the winner of the men's individual all-around.
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ATHENS, Greece - After falling onto the edge of the judges' table on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm performed two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win the men's all-around gymnastics title by the closest Olympic margin ever.    Needing a 9.825 on high bar, his best event, to tie Kim Dae-eun of South Korea for gold, Hamm was dazzling...
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Sports&#39; highest court rejected an appeal from a South Korean gymnast on Thursday, ruling that Hamm is the rightful champion in the men&#39;s all-around competition at the Athens Games.
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Mia Hamm knew her final game wasn&#39;t her best, that her teammates deserved the credit for the gold medal around her neck. &quot;They carried me tonight, that&#39;s for sure,&quot; Hamm said.
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The results of the Olympic gymnastics all-around final will not change, leaving Paul Hamm of the United States with the sole gold medal.
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ATHENS, Greece The head of the International Gymnastics Federation wants American Paul Hamm (hahm) to give up his all-around gold medal in a show of sportsmanship.
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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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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