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South Korean Gymnast Last Ditch Effort
« on: Aug 29^th, 2004, 2:36pm »

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ATHENS, Greece - South Korea made a last-ditch push for the gymnastics gold medal given to Paul Hamm, appealing to sports' international arbitration panel to say "yes" when everyone else has said "no way." Yang Tae-young asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Sunday to order international gymnastics officials to correct the results from the all-around, and adjust the medal rankings so he gets gold and the American gets a silver.

"We said we wanted this misjudgment to be corrected. That was very clear from the beginning," said Jae Soon-yoo, spokeswoman for the South Korean delegation. "We are talking about our own rights, our own medal, not anyone else's."

But U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman Darryl Seibel said the appeal was a moot point. The International Gymnastics Federation, known as FIG, has already said it won't change its results, and the International Olympic Committee has refused to even consider the idea of giving Yang a gold medal.

"We consider this a closed matter," Seibel said. "The IOC and the International Gymnastics Federation have both indicated there is no basis by which the results will be revisited, and we see no reason why that would happen."

CAS said it would consider the appeal in Lausanne, Switzerland, where it is based. With the games over, there wasn't time to hear the case in Athens. CAS put off setting a date for the hearing until the FIG and USOC could prepare responses.

But there's no guarantee the case will even be heard. CAS traditionally avoids reviewing "field of play" decisions. If CAS does decide to hear the case, though, Seibel said the USOC will "absolutely be there to protect Paul's rights and his gold medal."

Hamm has repeatedly said he believes he is the rightful winner, and he won't give up the gold unless ordered to.

FIG spokesman Philippe Silacci had no comment on the appeal.

USA Gymnastics president Bob Colarossi was traveling and could not be reached. Hamm returned to the United States on Wednesday.

Yang, who finished with a bronze, was wrongly docked a tenth of a point on his second-to-last routine, the parallel bars. He finished third, 0.049 points behind Hamm, who became the first American man to win gymnastics' biggest prize. But add the extra 0.100, and Yang would have finished 0.051 points ahead of Hamm.

That, however, assumes everything in the final rotation played out the same way.

Three judges were suspended because of the error, but FIG said the results would stand because the South Koreans DIDN'T PROTEST RIGHT AFTER THE MEET.

Nonetheless, the South Koreans refused to drop the case, which has brought back bitter memories for them. At the 2002 Winter Games, short track speed skater Kim Dong-sung was disqualified in the 1,500-meter race, allowing American Apolo Anton Ohno to win the gold.

After being turned down by FIG in the Yang case, the South Koreans appealed to the USOC and the IOC. But IOC president Jacques Rogge flatly refused to consider duplicate gold medals, and reiterated that stance Sunday.

"Our position is extremely simple. The FIG has certified the result of the gymnastics competition. The IOC has awarded the medals according to the certified results," he said. "Paul Hamm was declared the winner and therefore he has received the gold medal, and for us that is final."

FIG president Bruno Grandi asked Hamm in a letter to give up the medal as a gesture of sportsmanship, saying, "The true winner of the all-around competition is Yang Tae-young." But the USOC called the request "deplorable" and said FIG should take responsibility for its own mistakes.

Rogge said the IOC would not be part of any effort to ask Hamm to hand back the medal.

Grandi's description of Yang as the "true winner" might have given the South Koreans encouragement to take the case one step further, though.

"This," Jae said, "is our last resort."

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Re: South Korean Gymnast Last Ditch Effort
« Reply #1 on: Aug 29^th, 2004, 5:12pm »

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I really feel sorry for him but he had is chance to protest and choose not for whatever reason.

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« Reply #2 on: Aug 29^th, 2004, 9:23pm »

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Greetings...

I feel for all the atheletes involved in this issue, but under no circumstances should there be a reversal of the decision of the medal standings. I feel very strongly about this for several reasons.

First, whenver an event is judged, there is always room for human error. "Field of Play" rules are in place for a reason; to insure that procedures are in place for necessary correction of grievous errors. When those procedures aren't followed, the rulings stand... as they should.

Second, if the decision of the tenth point is reviewed, then it stands to reason that all the routines would have to be reviewed... and what if those secondary reviews are then challenged? At what point does the review process end?

The results may not be liked by everyone, but the results should stand; and I would be saying this regardless of who won and what countries were involved.

Until that time...

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Re: South Korean Gymnast Last Ditch Effort
« Reply #3 on: Aug 30^th, 2004, 10:33am »

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Just give the guy a second gold already...geez...god forbid they settle this in a way that benefits everyone

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« Reply #4 on: Aug 30^th, 2004, 10:35am »

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Second Gold would work didnt they do that last time for something? four years ago or maybe winter Games

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« Reply #5 on: Aug 30^th, 2004, 1:17pm »

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It was definitely the Winter 2000 Olympics and it was about the Canadian Pairs Ice Skating Competition. They were errorless and the Judges gave the Gold to a Russian Team and they made a mistake! People were outraged, I think they heard our protests from our house, for they did award the Canadian couple a Gold Medal later. They deserved to be the one and only with a GOLD!

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Ok yes that was it thanks Luci

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You're very welcome, David Grin

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