[Olympics] Paul Hamm wins Men's all around


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Going back and making changes is completely uncalled for, and undermines the whole process. I'm sure they could find other judging errors if they went back through the tapes (which is what they'd have to do to be 100% fair in that aspect) Its much like having a football game, then complaining *after* its over about a holding penalty that could change the outcome.

Plain and simple the rules are rules, and the Koreans don't deserve exceptions to the rules, nor does anyone else. Learn to work within the rules, or just don't bother showing up.

Gold medal was given "by mistake" to white American instead of Yang, South Korean. Medal will not be given to Yang despite the incontrovertible fact that he scored better than Hamm.

Right, because we all know that nothing but white people run the Olympics... :rolleyes:

i will agree the judging in these olympics has been terrible...guy from canada finished 4th behind a romanian who fell...in the vault...wtf? initial appeal was turned down...by the head of the international gymnastics thingamabob...who is...haha, romanian...get that. :s

The american announcers right? ;) No surprise here. Anyway Hamm got gold, all discussion is moot.

Doesn't matter who stated it. It was a fact, they showed the error. You are only supposed to have a total of three 'holds' (where you are motionless) on the parallel bars. The S Korean did it 4 times, which should have given him an automatic -0.2 deduction...which wasn't given.

At least he got the gold :p

That's the american spirit, always #1 no matter how. Generousity is certainly not an american virtue ;)

A honest silver is worth more than an undeserved gold, he would've been known as THE man of the olympics if he had've given the gold back and accepted silver.

Even if they went back and rescored for the korean there is also a deduction the judges missed that would put him right back where he started

Also after seeing his poor routine in the horizontal bar compitition he defiantly doesnt deserve the title of mens all around gold medal winner

A honest silver is worth more than an undeserved gold, he would've been known as THE man of the olympics if he had've given the gold back and accepted silver.

Yoohoo? You listening? Why should Hamm give it to the guy who wouldn't have even medaled had his score been properly given?

Hamm will forever be known as the guy who won a gold, based on calculation errors....give it up already!

It was said in an interview with a former gymnast that the Korean should have had another deduction to his scoring which wasn't caught. He was only allowed 3 holds in his routine, he clearly performed four. So if the scoring was correctly done, Hamm would still have one gold.

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I knew there was something wrong with Hamm's final score.

The South Korean's challenged the final rankings, and thus after some inspection, it seems the judges involved has been suspended. They're not allowed to change the metal standings though.

I feel sorry for the Korean. Because of biased refs, he lost his dream.

That's a bunch of crap. It wasn't bias towards an American at all. They accidently set the start value of that Korean dudes routine by 1/10 of a point. It was an accidental mistake, that shouldn't have been made. There was *nothing* wrong with Hamm's score, you're fabricating that too.

Keep the focus of your hate on the judges: they, and ONLY they are responsible for the scoring error on the one Korean gymnasts routine.

They also missed the .2 deduction that would have rendered this entire discussion moot. It's all on the judges, not the gymnasts. They all got the medals that they deserved.

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Ha, yep, that post was made before I did some research on it. And before NBC replayed it with better commentary. Anyways, it was human error, but still jeoperdized the final standings. Paul Hamm should keep his gold, but I think the Korean should have gotten a gold too. It's horrendous to me that the IOC would ask Hamm to give back the gold. That's just wrong, but there's nothing wrong with sharing the gold: they did this in Sydney. I don't understand why the IOC want Hamm to give back the gold... Just create another one and have them share it.

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