Judging Error Led to Hamm's Gold
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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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(Athens-AP) Aug. 19, 2004 - Wednesday night at the Olympics, when gymnast Paul Hamm needed to be great, he turned in two of the best routines of his life to rally and win the men&#39;s individual all-around gold medal.
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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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Michael Rogers made up for his disappointment in the Olympic time trial by collecting the gold medal in the world championships - twice.
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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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American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep the US&#39; first men&#39;s all-around gymnastics Olympic title, although the sport&#39;s governing body confirmed a scoring error Saturday.
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ATHENS - Paul Hamm feared he had blown a shot for a medal when he stumbled at the end of his performance in the vault, his fourth event in the six-event men&#39;s individual all-around final. But the freckle-faced gymnast from Wisconsin ...
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Paul Hamm thought his fantastic finish was too good to be true. Maybe he was right. The International Gymnastics Federation ruled Saturday that Yang Tae-young was unfairly docked
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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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US gymnast Paul Hamm won the Olympic all-around gold medal five days ago. At least he thought he did. But with the South Koreans still insisting that
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The courtÂs decision marked the official end of a controversy that had simmered since Paul Hamm captured the gold after a close finish.
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ATHENS -- US gymnast Paul Hamm won the Olympic all-around gold medal five days ago. At least he thought he did. But with the South Koreans still insisting that bronze medalist Yang Tae Young was robbed, Hamm feels that he has to remind the world who the winner was.
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Paul Hamm didn&#39;t fling his Olympic gold medal off the top of the Empire State Building on Thursday, nor did he drop it in the middle of rush-hour traffic in Times Square just for the fun of it.
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- US shot-putter Adam Nelson stood outside the throwing circle, his hands on the back of his head, his hopes just dashed by a foul on a throw that would have won the gold medal.
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They're the kind of errors only judges see, little things that seem so inconsequential. But those mistakes added up, and they cost the U.S. gymnastics team a gold medal. The Americans settled for silver Tuesday night, done in as much by their own sloppiness as Romania's sheer superiority.
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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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The dispute over whether gymnast Paul Hamm deserves to keep his gold medal from the Athens Games got its final hearing Monday.