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To: TigerPaw who wrote (198740)	8/28/2004 12:39:12 AM
From: brian1501	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1585769

That says it all. Keeping the gold would be an empty gesture now that the world knows the results. It really is too bad that they lump this on him. It's not quite a given that the other guy should win though. The other guy started with a score that was too low, but the judges also missed a mandatory deduction on him. If they gave him the proper start value, AND took that mandatory deduction they missed, Hamm still wins the gold. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out. Brian

To: TigerPaw who wrote (198740)	8/28/2004 1:19:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585769

Yang, the bronze medalist, was wrongly docked a tenth of a point on his parallel bars routine. If he had received the proper score, he would have won gold and Hamm would have won silver. That says it all. Keeping the gold would be an empty gesture now that the world knows the results. Yes, I have to agree. At first, I thought it was unfair to ask him to give up the medal. But in reality, the medal will never be his now that we know how the judges screwed up the scoring. However, it made a great story.......the komeback kid wins after a great fall! I've been working on a screenplay all week. <g> ted