08-24-2004, 08:40 PM
They interviewed Hamm, but he didn't seem to have much to say about the whole thing. I almost wonder if it even registered with him.
I didn't get a chance to see the last day of gymnastics, but I would imagine Hamm is pretty frustrated. He qualifies on four events and the all-around, leads his team to a medal they've been trying to get for a long time, follows it up by winning the individual all-around, goes to his event finals and has to field questions about judging controversies. Then the next day of event finals, his routine is delayed for 10 minutes because the crowd is booing the surprisingly low score of the person before him. He still medals in that event (losing the gold only by the tiebreaker rules, no less), and has to field questions about another judging controversy. And now the head of international gymnastics is trying to pass the buck by suggesting that Hamm should give his gold medal in the all-around to Yang.
I didn't get a chance to see the last day of gymnastics, but I would imagine Hamm is pretty frustrated. He qualifies on four events and the all-around, leads his team to a medal they've been trying to get for a long time, follows it up by winning the individual all-around, goes to his event finals and has to field questions about judging controversies. Then the next day of event finals, his routine is delayed for 10 minutes because the crowd is booing the surprisingly low score of the person before him. He still medals in that event (losing the gold only by the tiebreaker rules, no less), and has to field questions about another judging controversy. And now the head of international gymnastics is trying to pass the buck by suggesting that Hamm should give his gold medal in the all-around to Yang.