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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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The last battle of the Athens Summer Olympics is over. The dispute over who won the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics Gold Medal has been resolved, at least officially.
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Officials from the US Olympic Committee and their South Korean counterparts might seek to solve the dispute over US gymnast Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal in
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- FINA, the swimming&#39;s world governing body, has rejected protest from national federations of Britain and Austria over American Aaron Peirsol&#39;s reinstatement after he was disqualified in the 200m backstroke final at the ...
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The dispute over whether Olympic gymnast Paul Hamm deserves to keep his gold medal from the 2004 Athens Games got its final hearing yesterday during 12 hours of testimony before the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Britain's climb-down last weekend looks to have ended attempts to gag athletes at the Beijing Olympics but there is growing resentment among top Olympians about pressure on them to speak out on political issues.
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US gymnast Paul Hamm can keep his gold medal from the all-around event at the Athens Olympics after the highest review panel in international sports rejected a protest from a South Korean competitor.
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ATHENS, Greece - 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 horse and the floor exercise - the latter against his twin brother, Morgan...
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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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The International Gymnastics Federation ruled on Thursday that American gymnast Paul Hamm may keep his Olympic gold medal for the men&#39;s gymnastic all-around title.
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ATHENS -- The International Gymnastics Federation is expected to rule today on a protest by South Korean officials over judging in the men's all-around competition Wednesday. But regardless of the ruling, Paul Hamm will not have his gold medal taken away.
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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.
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In a final bid to be eligible to qualify for the Olympic Games, Oscar Pistorius is challenging the ruling that stated his carbon fiber prosthetic blades gave him an unfair advantage.
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NEW YORK - Paul Hamm said he was relieved but had some bitter feelings after Thursday&#39;s decision to let him keep his Olympic all-round gymnastics gold medal.
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STUTTGART, Germany  -- It's not often gymnasts get curtain calls in qualifying at the world gymnastics championships. It's not often gymnasts blow away the competition like China did.
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Athletics governing body the IAAF has hit back at claims from South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius that it does not respect disabled athletes.
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Olympic all-round gymnastics champion Paul Hamm said yesterday that he would return his gold medal if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that a judging error denied South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young the title.