Hamm Faces Future and Savors Moment
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THENS, Aug. 19 - It was nearly 3 am, and Paul Hamm was alone on his porch at the Olympic Village, sky dark, grounds quiet, gold medal hanging around his neck just hours after he had won it.
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When the final whistle blew, an exhausted Mia Hamm was quickly swarmed by 17 thrilled teammates. A few minutes later, an Olympic gold medal was hanging around her neck, too. Hamm and the rest of the Fab Five had just enough left in their thirtysomething legs for one more title, beating Brazil 2-1 Thursday in overtime in their final tournament together.
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New York - Paul Hamm says Thursday&#39;s decision from sports&#39; highest court confirms what he&#39;s always felt in his heart. That he was champion in the men&#39;s all around that night at the Athens Games and Olympic gold medalist.
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Despite the controversy surrounding his gold medal in the all-around, Paul Hamm has a chance to win two more golds Sunday. The American will compete in the finals of the pommel
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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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Olympic champion Paul Hamm has decided to return to competitive gymnastics, hoping for a less tumultuous path to the all-around title at the Beijing Olympics than the one he took in Athens.
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ATHENS: Mia Hamm is primed to end her illustrious career with an Olympic gold medal when the powerful US team take on Brazil in the womenâs final on Thursday (today).
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ATHENS, Greece - For 10 minutes, the crowd booed and whistled. Paul Hamm sat around and waited to start his routine. A week&#39;s worth of controversy in gymnastics boiled over into the crowd last night during
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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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Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.
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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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ATHENS, Greece  Paul Hamm suddenly needed to be about as close to perfect as he&#39;s ever been. This at the end of a bizarre night when absolutely every gymnast in Olympic Indoor Hall had looked highly imperfect, like novices, not the ...
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On the whole, US Olympian Paul Hamm admitted, he would rather be taking on Korea&#39;s Yang Tae Young in a gymnastics arena than in the sports world&#39;s highest court.
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Paul Hamm takes another shot at history tonight, when he'll try to become the first American to win the Olympic men's all-around in gymnastics.
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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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Once more, Paul Hamm held his gold medal aloft Thursday and smiled for the cameras, secure in the knowledge that the medal was his for keeps.