Gymnast Patterson Gets Golden Homecoming
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Thousands lined the streets of Carly Patterson's adopted hometown Saturday, honoring the 16-year-old gymnast who joined Mary Lou Retton as the only American women to win the all-around gold medal.
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Carly Patterson became the first American woman to win the gymnastics all-around competition since Mary Lou Retton in 1984.
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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  In the time it took Carly Patterson to walk 50 feet across the floor, the Games that still lack soul suddenly got a heartbeat.
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Olympic gold medalist Dorothy Hamill is back on the ice.
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Washington's de facto ace John Patterson says he's healthy and the "hop" on his fastball has returned as he hopes to start Opening Night.
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Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and United  States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the first time  in 28 years Monday.
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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.
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ATHENS -- The golden moment can be a mirage. Yes, Carly Patterson leaped into America&#39;s hearts, but don&#39;t for a second think it was one small step. It was 10 years in the making, 10 years of sacrifice that swallowed two-thirds of her life thus far.
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After months of carrying around the pressure to win an Olympic all-around gymnastics title, after being dubbed the next Mary Lou Retton so long ago, Patterson finished her floor exercise Thursday and nearly floated off the floor, leaping ...
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland made that announcement today. Hamm received gold in the gymnastics all-around at the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS - She did not have the magnetic power of Mary Lou Retton, or the dizzy charm of Sarah Hughes, but Carly Patterson did have one final dance in front of her, one last chance to prove that her face belonged on those 70 million McDonald&#39;s bags and
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Gymnast Paul Hamm became the first-ever American to win the men&#39;s all-around title in one of the closest-ever Olympic competitions.
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American Aaron Peirsol reclaims the gold medal Thursday night in the 200-meter backstroke after his disqualification was reversed.
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American gymnast Paul Hamm hung his gold medal around his neck and smiled on cue, in effect giving himself another Olympic medal ceremony.
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MOSCOW Russia&#39;s Svetlana Khorkina, who was second to Carly Patterson of the United States in the women&#39;s all-round gymnastics competition, has accused the judges of robbing her of the gold medal, saying &quot;everything was decided in advance.
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US gymnasts Carly Patterson and Courtney Kupets will be bidding for medals again tonight when they compete in the women's all-around. No American woman has won Olympic gold in this event since Mary Lou Retton did it at the boycotted 1984 Games.