Scott Simon Essay: Paul Hamm&#39;s Medal
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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon offers his thoughts on Paul Hamm, the US Olympic gymnast plagued by scoring scandals. Hamm has been asked -- indirectly -- to give up his gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around competition.
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Paul Hamm etched his name into the record books as he became the first American man to win the Olympic gymnastics all-round crown Wednesday.
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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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Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost some of its luster. A mistake in scoring of the all-around gymnastics final cost Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday. The South Korean got the bronze instead. Three judges were suspended, but the FIG said the results would not be changed, and that Hamm would keep his gold medal.
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Paul Hamm of the United States won the gold medal Wednesday in all-around gymnastics.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- For 10 minutes, the crowd booed and whistled, creating a deafening roar. Paul Hamm sat around and waited to start his routine. A week's worth of controversy in gymnastics boiled over into the stands Monday during a bizarre, extraordinary evening. Hamm was able to block out the noise and win a silver medal on high bar, and four-time Olympic gold medalist Alexei Nemov finished fifth, much to the chagrin of the crowd.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm thought his fantastic finish was too good to be true. Maybe he was right...
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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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ATHENS, Greece -- Paul Hamm overcame a fall on the vault to become the first American to win an Olympics men&#39;s all-round gymnastics gold medal.
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The first thing to make clear is that Paul Hamm, as he staged an amazing late comeback to win the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics gold medal last Wednesday, did absolutely everything right and nothing wrong.
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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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OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma Olympic legend spoke out Monday on the controversy surrounding the gold medal won last week by American gymnast Paul Hamm.
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Description: The International Gymnastics Federation asks US gymnast Paul Hamm to give his Olympic all-around gold medal to South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young.
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For weeks, Paul Hamm&#39;s Olympics gold medal sat in a drawer at his boyhood home, carefully tucked inside a sock so it wouldn&#39;t be scratched or damaged.
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Controversial Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm is back in the United States and ready to move on. Hamm, in Worcester for the Rock &amp; Roll
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The moment when Paul Hamm hit his high bar routine was one of the most electrifying sports moments Iâve ever seen. I canât recall seeing something that I immediately felt was so outstanding
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Paul Hamm became the first American man  to claim the Olympic gymnastics men's all-round gold medal on  Wednesday.