http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/05/24/olympic-gymnast-paul-hamm-injured-beijing-games-looming/ The Not So Pretty Side of Hollywood Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:44:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/05/24/olympic-gymnast-paul-hamm-injured-beijing-games-looming/comment-page-1/#comment-16925 shergymrag Mon, 26 May 2008 16:17:13 +0000 http://bittenandbound.com/2008/05/24/olympic-gymnast-paul-hamm-injured-beijing-games-looming/#comment-16925 Mistakes in competition cost you. Some people don't seem to realize that this means not only the athlete's performance but also how well they handle the rules. Yang Tae Young mishandled the rules. That's why he lost the gold and Paul Hamm won it. Fair and square. The rule in question is to protest your score in a timely manner. You cannot do this after the meet is over. That's against the rules yet that's exactly what YTY tried to do. Mistakes in competition cost you. Some people don’t seem to realize that this means not only the athlete’s performance but also how well they handle the rules. Yang Tae Young mishandled the rules. That’s why he lost the gold and Paul Hamm won it. Fair and square. The rule in question is to protest your score in a timely manner. You cannot do this after the meet is over. That’s against the rules yet that’s exactly what YTY tried to do.

]]> http://www.bittenandbound.com/2008/05/24/olympic-gymnast-paul-hamm-injured-beijing-games-looming/comment-page-1/#comment-16786 Chelle Sun, 25 May 2008 07:40:28 +0000 http://bittenandbound.com/2008/05/24/olympic-gymnast-paul-hamm-injured-beijing-games-looming/#comment-16786 This is karma. He took a medal, I believe Gold, that he didn't deserve in Athens due to a scoring error and tastelessly refused to return. This is karma. He took a medal, I believe Gold, that he didn’t deserve in Athens due to a scoring error and tastelessly refused to return.

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