Paul Hamm's gold medal, should he keep it? |
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 Aug 24 2004, 02:25 PM
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 uhhhh  Group: Member Posts: 641 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,170  |
With all this controversy about how the judges made scoring mistakes during the Men's Gymnastics All-Around, and how Paul Hamm shouldn't have gotten the gold....it's very tiring and stressful.
Do you think Paul should keep his Gold or not? Everywhere you go, people will say, "There goes the man who gave up his medal, not because he had to, but because it was the right thing to do." Do you have any idea how much that’s worth? Hamm doesn’t. Otherwise, he would have done it already. Wait long enough, and all people will say is, "There goes the guy who had to be shamed into doing the right thing." Now if you're totally lost...details |
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Aug 24 2004, 02:31 PM
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 cellar door Group: Member Posts: 85 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,513 |
I think he deserved it.
Speaking of which, does anyone else think that Paul Hamm sounds like he inhaled helium? |
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Aug 24 2004, 02:34 PM
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uhhhh Group: Member Posts: 641 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,170 |
i do!
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Aug 24 2004, 02:38 PM
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 SQUASHBERRY. ;D Group: Member Posts: 440 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,612 |
QUOTE(NATIONAL BONER DAY @ Aug 24 2004, 12:31 PM) Speaking of which, does anyone else think that Paul Hamm sounds like he inhaled helium? Haha, yeah! His voice is so high! It's like he hasn't gone through puberty yet haha. Anyways, I think he should keep the gold. It's not his fault the judges made a mistake. This is sorta off-topic, but did anyone see the men's gymastics for the high bar yesterday? The crowd was booing the judges because they gave the Russian (forgot his name) a low score. And then Paul Hamm had to go while they booing and stuff... I think he should've gotten gold for just being able to do a good performance while that was going on haha. |
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Aug 24 2004, 02:45 PM
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uhhhh Group: Member Posts: 641 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,170 |
QUOTE This is sorta off-topic, but did anyone see the men's gymastics for the high bar yesterday? The crowd was booing the judges because they gave the Russian (forgot his name) a low score. And then Paul Hamm had to go while they booing and stuff... I think he should've gotten gold for just being able to do a good performance while that was going on haha. lol...that was freaky! it was like 10 minutes of just booing and i thought the crowd was very disrespectful. |
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Aug 24 2004, 02:55 PM
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cellar door Group: Member Posts: 85 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,513 |
I agree that they were disrespectful but the Russian competitor was scored pretty unfairly.
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Aug 24 2004, 03:20 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 7,048 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,696 |
.... im not sure what really happened at the olympics.... maybe i need to start paying more attention to the olympics and the likes
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Aug 24 2004, 03:25 PM
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 smiling hurts Group: Member Posts: 480 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 22,630 |
WOW! paul hamm was good at everything..
esp. On the pommel horse when he did the russians and circle-travels and flares. Mad props for the press parouette-parouette then parouette fall. Hes good at giengars on the high-bar 
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Aug 24 2004, 03:29 PM
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 Living in Shadows..yet able to see the light Group: Member Posts: 304 Joined: Aug 2004 Member No: 41,830 |
it makes him look bad that he kept i mean he would have been seen as a real nice pperosn caring and it probably would have made hima real superstar if had given it up but if it was me i would have been like no also but i mean he will have a hurt rep because he kept it
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| *evdxgirl* |
Aug 24 2004, 03:35 PM
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I thought all around meant that you're good ALL AROUND. And not falling on your ass for the vault. Koreans should get the gold medal, but maybe Paul Hamm shouldn't have to give his up. 2 gold medals..is that okay?
Granted, Hamm was amazing yesterday for keeping concentration on the high bar. |
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Aug 24 2004, 03:42 PM
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 lil______d00ks Group: Member Posts: 508 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,538 |
nope, i think that the south kroeans were totally ripped off. the International Gymnastics Federation admitted to not giving Yang Tae-young(s. korean gymnast, bronze medal) enough points for the level of difficulty on the parallel bars. if it wasnt for them making that mistake he would have gotten the gold instead of bronze. its really messed up. and what was with that score they gave hamm on the vault!? he frekkin landed on his butt and like into the judges table and they still gave him over a 9.0! i did gymnastics for a long time and i know that you get a HUGE deduction for even a hop or step. no matter what the level of difficulty was, he didnt stick it and did not deserve that score. but hey thats just my opinion. its not his fault, its the judges. dont get me wrong, i support and root for america all the way but im also half korean, so i did get pretty heated about the whole situation :\
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Aug 24 2004, 03:45 PM
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 i'm lala. girly girl. Group: Member Posts: 1,531 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,888 |
i think he deserves it too...i dont think he should give it up....never!
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Aug 24 2004, 04:04 PM
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i think he should keep the medal, but the koreans should get a medal too. but if u really think about it. why does he deserve a medal? its juss like saying sum kid who works really hard gets a C, while someone who doesn't gets an A+, because their teacher made a mistake.
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Aug 24 2004, 04:26 PM
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 don't worry, be happy~ Group: Member Posts: 1,538 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,899 |
maybe he should?
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Aug 24 2004, 04:34 PM
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uhhhh Group: Member Posts: 641 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,170 |
yeah but if there were 2 medals, wouldn't that make Paul's gold kinda...less glorious?
i'm kinda inbetween right now 
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Aug 24 2004, 04:34 PM
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 hiya. Group: Member Posts: 117 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,187 |
QUOTE(NATIONAL BONER DAY @ Aug 24 2004, 2:31 PM) I think he deserved it. Speaking of which, does anyone else think that Paul Hamm sounds like he inhaled helium? lol the first time i heard him i thought he was gay. . 
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Aug 24 2004, 05:15 PM
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uhhhh Group: Member Posts: 641 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,170 |
maybe he is
 lol jk...
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| *evdxgirl* |
Aug 24 2004, 06:49 PM
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How does having a high voice make you gay? o_o
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Aug 24 2004, 07:13 PM
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uhhhh Group: Member Posts: 641 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,170 |
lol...it's just a joke. he's cool
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Aug 24 2004, 07:28 PM
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 Word. Group: Member Posts: 3,004 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 34,673 |
i think he should keep his medal... if u were paul hamm and they told u to give the medal back.. i would say hell no/.
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Aug 24 2004, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 2,412 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,012 |
QUOTE(xHalf nHalf @ Aug 24 2004, 1:42 PM) nope, i think that the south kroeans were totally ripped off. the International Gymnastics Federation admitted to not giving Yang Tae-young(s. korean gymnast, bronze medal) enough points for the level of difficulty on the parallel bars. if it wasnt for them making that mistake he would have gotten the gold instead of bronze. its really messed up. and what was with that score they gave hamm on the vault!? he frekkin landed on his butt and like into the judges table and they still gave him over a 9.0! i did gymnastics for a long time and i know that you get a HUGE deduction for even a hop or step. no matter what the level of difficulty was, he didnt stick it and did not deserve that score. but hey thats just my opinion. its not his fault, its the judges. dont get me wrong, i support and root for america all the way but im also half korean, so i did get pretty heated about the whole situation :\ YESS. TOTALLY. i saw this one korean guy on the rings.. WOW. he was good. they are totally skilled at gymastics... ive been watching paul hamm for a while now.. hes good. but the asians are better. but hes good. 
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| *evdxgirl* |
Aug 24 2004, 08:43 PM
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QUOTE(ladyxdiscord @ Aug 24 2004, 8:13 PM) lol...it's just a joke. he's cool Haha, yeup. I find him and his twin so cute! Like little boys. |
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Aug 24 2004, 08:45 PM
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 Mmm..Meat :D Group: Member Posts: 326 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 31,086 |
In my opinion, I think he should give it up [which probably won't happen] because I think the Korean guy was just better and the judges didn't..err..judge him fairly.
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Aug 24 2004, 09:05 PM
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 hi. call me linda. Group: Official Member Posts: 8,187 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,475 |
QUOTE(NATIONAL BONER DAY @ Aug 24 2004, 3:31 PM) Speaking of which, does anyone else think that Paul Hamm sounds like he inhaled helium? haha, that's true. and i think his brother sounds the same too. bleh- i think they should give the koreans a gold, and paul gets to keep his gold. |
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Aug 24 2004, 09:10 PM
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lil______d00ks Group: Member Posts: 508 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,538 |
QUOTE(Counting @ Aug 24 2004, 8:45 PM) In my opinion, I think he should give it up [which probably won't happen] because I think the Korean guy was just better and the judges didn't..err..judge him fairly. yeah hes not guna give em back, i think hes already on his way to the US or something?? not sure though 
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