I think Paul should have offered to give up the gold. That would
have been the gentlemanly thing to do. Giving up the gold would
have been much better for him in the long run. He'd always be
remembered as the sportsman with true graciousness. (Look at how
Michael Phelps is perceived after he let the other guy swim in the
final relay) I bet they would have let him share it with the Korean
anyway. Now Paul Hamm will be remembered as the selfish American.

--- In michellekwanfanatics@yahoogroups.com, "misao_dhy115"
<misao_dhy115@y...> wrote:
> I also wanna say that it wouldn't have made any difference even if
> he did or did not give up on his gold medal. He's still the same
> person. And that's not gonna change.
> --- In michellekwanfanatics@yahoogroups.com, lise guffy
> <lisephoto@y...> wrote:
> > Paul deserves and earned his Gold
> > unless the judges are willing to go back and look at
> > all the video of all the gymnasts and re-score all the
> > routines, ect...
> > it is not fair to look at one segment of one routine
> > and based on that change the medals, that is why its
> > against the rules.
> > And it is really unfair for the head of the FIG to put
> > the pressure on Paul or any athlete to correct their
> > (Fig) mistakes and I say that pleural because their
> > 1st one was in the not giving it a high enough start
> > value, then not deducting for the 4 holds, lastly
> > judges are not suppose to be allowed to review tape
> > after the end of the meet, to avoid this very problem.
> >
> > --- misao_dhy115 <misao_dhy115@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > Out of curiosity what do you guys think about the
> > > dispute in the
> > > 2004 Summer Olympics about Paul Hamm's gold medal?
> > > For me, I really
> > > think he deserves the gold medal even if the judges
> > > made an error on
> > > the scores. But would it be true that if he did give
> > > up his gold
> > > medal that would make more rick and famous? I
> > > personally don't know,
> > > but my belief is that fame and fortune is not
> > > everything. And I
> > > believe that everybody who performed their best at
> > > the Olympics
> > > deserved to win and Paul Hamm is a true champion in
> > > my eyes.
> > > Besides, that Koreon Guy should have gotten another
> > > two-tenths
> > > deduction on his parallel bars routine because he
> > > had four holds
> > > when the rules states the limit of three holds. It
> > > is not enough to
> > > say Paul Hamm should keep his gold medal. He's a
> > > deserving champion.
> > > Period. I got that statement from the newspaper.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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