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n American Paul Hamm, who become the first American to win the Olympics menâs all-around gymnastics title, should not have been awarded the gold, the sportâs governing body ruled on Saturday.
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Olympic gymnastics judges give out scores with infinitesimal differences. Mistakes are made. In fact, more than one mistake figures into the controversy of whether American Paul Hamm or South Korean Yang Tae Young are more deserving of the gold medal.
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As a point of personal honor, American Paul Hamm ought to give up the coveted all-around gold medal he won after a scoring error by Olympic judges.
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Paul Hamm appeared at Chelsea Piers yesterday with &quot;a lot of hardware,&quot; as he put it. The controversial gold medal plus two silver ones hung around his neck.
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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.
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One way or another, Paul Hamm&#39;s gold-medal odyssey is about to end. Whether he gets to keep the medal and the title he won a month ago in the Olympic men&#39;s gymnastics all-around will be up to the sporting world&#39;s highest authority.
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Paul Hamm (U.S.) won the men's  gymnastics individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics on  Wednesday.
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Paul Hamm became the first American man to claim the Olympic gymnastics men&#39;s all-round gold medal Wednesday.
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Paul Hamm of the United States sticks his landing in the high bar during the men&#39;s gymnastics individual apparatus finals at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Monday, Aug. 23, 2004.
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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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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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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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The Court of Arbitration for Sport today announced it had rejected a South Korean appeal to reduce Hamm to the silver and give the all-around Olympic gold to a gymnast who lost because of a scoring error.
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Olympic all-around champion Paul Hamm said Wednesday he would prefer not to share his gold medal with South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young despite a judging mistake that ultimately cost Yang the gold.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men&#39;s all-round gymnastics gold medal.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Paul Hamm will get to keep his gold medal for the all-around competition, even though the International Gymnastics Federation announced the suspension of three judges for a scoring error that would have given
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A grand judging goof at the Athens Olympics cheapened American gymnast Paul Hamm&#39;s historic gold and gave South Korea another good reason to cry robbery at the games.