Posted by Pantt on September 1, 2004, at 11:27:27
In reply to what do you think about Hamm's gold medal?, posted by JenStar on August 31, 2004, at 19:09:22
I think he should keep it. You can't change the results after the game is over. Bad officiating is part of sports sometimes.
Also there were other mistakes in judging that were only apparent on replays and there was the overall strategy that the contestants used which was based on the officials bad call. If it had been changed it would have effected the overall competition in ways which cannot be known after the fact. The only fair way to do it would be to replay the entire competition and that's not going to happen (nor should it in my opinion.)
I think the international gymnastic association should get a bad sportsmanship award for trying to make Paul Hamm pay for their mistakes.
Of course I have sympathy for the Korean gymanst who believes he won but sports can be heartbreaking at times. And I have sympathy for Paul Hamm who will always have the shodow of controversey over his medal after a truly amazing performance.
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