Wisdom Weasel (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Crazy Bela is up in arms about the Olympics gymnastics scoring. Go tell it to Yang Tae Young, Bela. And ask Paul Hamm to give back his stolen gold medal from Athens. Meanwhile, I am stunned by the performance of Team GB, stunned and delighted. They must have prepared for the Beijing smog and the mass of humanity by going to smoky restaurants and on British public transport (Bam, those are for
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - American Morgan Hamm pulled out of the Olympics on Thursday because of an ankle injury. “Right now I am unable to perform my tumbling skills at the level I need to,” the 25-year-old, whose brother Paul Hamm also withdrew from the Games injured, said in a statement.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - American Morgan Hamm pulled out of the Olympics on Thursday because of an ankle injury. "Right now I am unable to perform my tumbling skills at the level I need to," the 25-year-old, whose brother Paul Hamm also withdrew from the Games injured, said in a statement.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
International gymnastic officials have cleared American Morgan Hamm to compete in the Beijing Olympics. The FIG’s announcement allowed American gymnastic coaches and team leaders to breathe a collective sigh of relief; the previous day, Paul Hamm-Morgan’s twin brother-had withdrawn from the Olympics due to a combination of injuries. Had Morgan been disqualified, the fallout for [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Beijing - Fabian Hambuechen doesn't see himself as the top favourite for the men's all-around gymnastics gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in the injury-related absence of 2004 champion Paul Hamm. The German, who won the all-around silver and the ho...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The U.S. men's gymnastics team is heading to the Beijing Olympics, its eyes still on the medals podium. Without reigning Olympic champion Paul Hamm, though, getting there is going to be a lot tougher. "We all know we have work left to do," Olympic coach...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
CHICAGO: U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm will not be going to the Beijing Olympics and defending his all-around title. Hamm announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from the U.S. team because his broken right hand was not sufficiently healthy ...
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The U.S. men are heading to the Beijing Olympics, their eyes still on the medals podium. Without reigning Olympic champion Paul Hamm, though, getting there is going to be a lot tougher.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Paul Hamm will not be competing in Beijing, but twin brother Morgan will be in the Olympics.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The U.S. men are heading to the Beijing Olympics, their eyes still on the medals podium. Without reigning Olympic champion Paul Hamm, though, getting there is going to be a lot tougher.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
The U.S. men are heading to the Beijing Olympics, their eyes still on the medals podium. Without reigning Olympic champion Paul Hamm, though, getting there is going to be a lot tougher.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
The U.S. gymnast and Olympic champion, who broke a bone in his right hand in May, withdrew from the Beijing Games on Monday, saying he wouldn't be healthy enough to compete.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Paul Hamm probably could have gutted through the pain in his broken hand. A bad shoulder that prevented him from doing some of his routines? With less than a week of training before the Beijing Games? That was too tall an order, even for the reigning Olympic champion. Hamm withdrew from the Beijing Olympics on Monday, saying he won't be healthy enough to compete. He still is feeling pain in the right...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Paul Hamm won't be going to the Beijing Olympics after all. The reigning gymnastics gold medalist announced yesterday that he is withdrawing from the U.S. team because he is not healthy enough to compete. Besides his broken right hand, he strained his left rotator cuff in his accelerated recovery effort.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Paul Hamm, the reigning gymnastics gold medalist, withdrew from the Beijing Olympics on Monday because he won't be healthy enough to compete. Besides persistent pain from the right hand he broke two months ago, he strained his left rotator cuff in his...
