Hamm should give up the medal

[CaptTurbo]

And have them all compete Naked?

I think so but it would never happen.

 

[Chaz]

This is ridiculous that he should get the guilt trip over his medal.
How can they say thet the "true winner" is anyone but Hamm?

I am with the USOC on this one.

U.S. Furious at Proposal That Hamm Return His Gold
By Andrew Gray and Paul Eckert

ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. Olympic chiefs reacted furiously Friday to a suggestion gold medallist Paul Hamm should give his medal to a South Korean rival under a plan floated by world gymnastics officials.

In one of the biggest controversies of the Athens Games, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has said Hamm placed first in the all-round event due to a judging error and bronze medallist Yang Tae-young should have been awarded gold.

The FIG has suspended the three judges involved, saying they incorrectly docked a 10th of a point from Yang's parallel bars routine in the final Wednesday last week. But it has said it has no mechanism to overturn the final standings.

The FIG has now gone a step further and written to Hamm -- one of the highest-profile members of the U.S. Olympic team -- to suggest he could return his medal, according to a letter released by the U.S. Olympic committee Friday.

"The true winner of the all-round competition is Yang Tae-young," the letter said.

"If ... you would return your medal to the Korean if the FIG requested it, then such an action would be recognized as the ultimate demonstration of Fairplay by the whole world," said the letter signed by FIG president Bruno Grandi and dated August 26.

The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) said the letter was a "blatant and inappropriate" attempt by the FIG to shift responsibility for its mistake onto the shoulders of Hamm, 21.

"It's deplorable that they are deflecting their own incompetence and their problem to a young athlete who simply came here to compete in the Olympic Games," USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth told a news conference.

http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/news;_y...g=reu-gymnasticsusadc&prov=reuters&type=lgns/

 

[cardsunsfan]

"The true winner of the all-round competition is Yang Tae-young," the letter said.

What do they say when you bring up the four holds?! How could he be the true winner then? This isn't being brought up much in the press and I bet internationally most people don't know about it.