FIG Denies Putting Pressure on Hamm Over Medal
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The ruling body of gymnastics (FIG) denied Saturday putting pressure on all-round champion Paul Hamm to hand over his gold medal to South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young, saying the decision should be left to the American.
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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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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should he keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.    The Court of Arbitration for Sport convened to hear the appeal from a South Korean gymnast who believes he was unfairly deprived of the gold in the men's all-around event in Athens last month because of a scoring error...
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OTTAWA - A Canadian judge, who raised his marks in an Olympics gymnastics final, said he was under intense pressure from a crowd that âwas out of controlâ and an official who wanted him to do something about it.
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ATHENS -- In a move that only served to escalate the controversy surrounding American Paul Hamm's all-around gold medal, the International Gymnastics Federation yesterday asked the Olympic champion to give the medal to Korean rival Yang Tae Young as a gesture of fair play.
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American gymnast Paul Hamm, who was  asked to return his Olympic gold medal in the men's all-around  because of a scoring error, may have received another snub.
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ATHENS, 21 August - Following his apology to the IOC&#39;s Disciplinary Commission, the Greek lifter Leonidas SAMPANIS, bronze medallist in the 62kg category, issued a statement.
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Olympic gymnastics champion Paul Hamm has appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in a bid to retain the gold medal he won in the menâs all-round competition in Athens.
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A British Olympian risked sparking controversy on Tuesday by calling on China to do more to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, amid a row over attempts by the British Olympic Association to gag its athletes.
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Although they cannot take away Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal in the men&#39;s gymnastics all-around final, officials with the International Gymnastics Federation could announce sanctions today against judges in the event, an FIG spokesman said Friday.
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The chief of the British Olympic Association has hit back at criticism of Monday&#39;s parade to celebrate Team GB&#39;s Olympic and Paralympic stars.
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(LAUSANNE, Switzerland) - Paul Hamm will get to keep the gold medal he won two months ago. The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland has rejected an appeal from South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-Young of the Olympic gymnastics all around results.
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ATHENS, Greece - The satisfaction of knowing they should have won gymnastics gold might be all the South Koreans get. While the country's Olympic team met with lawyers Sunday to plan its appeal over the medal given to American Paul Hamm, the Court of Arbitration for Sport indicated it won't take the case...
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FIG president Bruno Grandi suggested in a letter to Hamm that giving the gold to South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young &quot;would be recognized as the ultimate demonstration of fair play.
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American Paul Hamm, who became the first  American to win the Olympics men's all-round gymnastics title,  should not have been awarded the gold, the sport's governing  body ruled Saturday.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (CP) - Kyle Shewfelt&#39;s fight for an Olympic bronze medal in the vault isn&#39;t over. Canadian gymnastics officials have submitted an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, challenging
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British Olympic officials insist there is no intention to gag athletes from making political comment in China during the 2008 Games in Beijing.