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This has bothered me since it happened. I wanted Hamm to be a standup guy and give the Korean the medal. I read Spideys explanation and went searching. Not that I don't trust the man but just because you read it...this is what I found:
From Sports illustrated at the Olympics - Updated: Monday August 23,
2004 10:13AM - Back off
Despite judging error, Hamm's gold medal shows no tarnish
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200.../23/swift.gym/
(The article explains the complex situation in detail.)
"Yes, the videotape of the parallel bars showed the judges erred by
assigning a 9.9 start value. But it showed something else, too. In the
course of his routine, Yang had four holds on the bar, when the rules
allow for a maximum of three. The deduction for that mistake?
Two-tenths of a point.
The judges missed it."
And Fuck the South Koreans for the shit of knowing it and still bitching.
From Sports illustrated at the Olympics - Updated: Monday August 23,
2004 10:13AM - Back off
Despite judging error, Hamm's gold medal shows no tarnish
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200.../23/swift.gym/
(The article explains the complex situation in detail.)
"Yes, the videotape of the parallel bars showed the judges erred by
assigning a 9.9 start value. But it showed something else, too. In the
course of his routine, Yang had four holds on the bar, when the rules
allow for a maximum of three. The deduction for that mistake?
Two-tenths of a point.
The judges missed it."
And Fuck the South Koreans for the shit of knowing it and still bitching.
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