Posted on 08/18/2004 9:54:46 PM PDT by doug from upland
I stopped watching when he fell on his butt.
I can't believe he won!
I started watching just before that, and already knew he'd won.
It still was amazing to watch.
Plus, he won by the narrowest margin in the men's all around ever.
I am still watching on the West Coast, so I haven't seen him fall yet. What a remarkable story.
who said the gay community couldn't... never mind.
It is. After he fell, he also fell from 1st to 12th. Every announcer was talking about how it would be a miracle if he even won a bronze medal. They had pretty much written him off.
Which is strange, because announcers like to try to and create as much drama as they can, and usually they'll sell what chance a person has instead of writing them off.
What Paul Hamm did is like being behind 42 to 7 in the last 10 minutes of the super bowl and pulling out a 43-42 win.
Hope he gets on a wheeties box. As a plus, if he ever gets tired of doing personal appearances, he could have his twin brother step in for him.
Way!
It was a great american achievement, and the two who took the silver and the bronze were the Koreans (south koreans i think) and that was a big suprise too.
Watched it all, I'm really enjoying these olympics.
Congrats to Mr. Hamm and to our great women swimmers, they really rocked tonight.
Personally, I hoping this is all part of the "Return to excellence and truth" that we've all been pulling for all these years. A true devotion to that is going to be indespensible in the war against Islamofacism that is (and has been) raging.
God bless all who stand for us, on whatever battlefield, and may God grant freedom and liberty to all in this fallen world, and may we realize that it is just a pale imitation of the perfect world to come, as that old Greek Plato would be glad to explain.
My wife almost went to bed when he fell. I knew the final result (thanks to a "spoiler" earlier today on FR), and I said, "You'll be sorry if you go to bed now." "What happens!?" she asked. "Wait and see..." It was unbelievable.
Unbelievable. A fantastic victory!
It was a great victory.
Is this guy a 'mo? Kinda seems like it to me.
Found this nugget:
The Hamms are Patriots!
http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=WI&last=Hamm&first=Morgan
By exactly WHAT criteria are we now trying to extract sexual orientation from a photograph?
Congratulations on a miraculous victory!
Let the innuendos and cheap talk slide down the sewer where it belongs
Morgan, and especially Paul, put our little burg of Waukesha on the MAP!!
Congrats on a great come-back.
I know they don't live around here anymore (training in Denver, I believe), but I hope Waukesha has a gold medal parade for him. I'd go!
Who said Paul Hamm was gay? You must be joking. I've been around BOTH of the twins - my son has competed in the same meet - actually same session - when Paul made a demo appearance in his original club (Swiss Turners). The girls swarm around the Hamms, and they date. You know nothing of which you speak.
But yes, the Hamms have put Waukesha on the map in recent days :-) - although those of us involved in the sport of gymnastics have known all about the twins' marvelous efforts, training with Stacy Maloney at the Swiss Turners' facility in West Allis, etc. for many years ;-).
I quite honestly resent this speculation at this time.
That contribution - if accurate at all - was made when Morgan was 12 YEARS OLD. Morgan (the older) and Paul (born 3 minutes later) were born in 1982.
http://www.boston.com/sports/other_sports/olympics/gymnastics/articles/2004/08/19/golden_comeback/
High and mighty
Hamm turns in a miracle finish to win all-around
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/18/sports0102EDT0041.DTL
With a comeback for the ages, Hamm becomes a champion
http://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/ny-sposide0819,0,3757470.story?coll=ny-homepage-big-pix
U.S. Hamming it up?
(free subscription needed for this one:
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-040818downey,1,4169265.column?coll=cs-home-utility
Hollywood tale out of Dairyland
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=89617&Sn=SPOR&IssueID=27152
GRITTY HAMM WINS GOLD
(with medal stand picture)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/sports/olympics/19gymnastics.html
U.S. Gymnast Goes From Oops to a Gold Medal
(with great picture from high bar release! & picture of Paul with Mackey after hearing the great news!)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/olympics/gym/20040818-1736-cnsolyhamm.html
Hamm storms back to win all-around gold
(medal stand picture during US national anthem)
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer04/gymnastics/columns/story?id=1862456
Hamm: I thought the gold's gone for sure
(medal stand picture of just Paul smiling! woo hoo!)
http://www.athens2004.com/en/LatestNews/newslist?item=83c328899f27ef00VgnVCM4000002b130c0a____
Men's Individual All-Around : Paul HAMM wins the title for the USA
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129357,00.html
U.S. Gymnast Recovers From Fall, Wins Gold
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/gymnastics/08/18/hamm.gold.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
Hamm makes history
After ugly fall, gymnast becomes first U.S. man to win all-around title
(great picture with that one too!)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200408/19/eng20040819_153758.html
Paul Hamm fulfills his dream in Athens
http://slate.msn.com/id/2105357/
The 2004 Olympics
Are Paul and Morgan Hamm identical or fraternal twins?
http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=3F5DE7E9-CDB0-47EE-A0680B741F15D6F7
Olympics: Paul Hamm of US Wins Men's Gymnastics All-Around Gold Medal
(also cool picture)
http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/BON3436613.htm
Incredible comeback gives Paul Hamm all-around gold in gymnastics
http://english.people.com.cn/200408/19/eng20040819_153718.html
American Paul Hamm takes men's all-around gymnastic gold in Athens
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040818-041655-1751r.htm
Paul Hamm rallies to win all-around title
http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/sports/3664220/detail.html
Waukesha's Paul Hamm Wins All-Around Gold In Gymnastics
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2193446
American Paul Hamm captures best all-around in men's gymnastics
from a couple of days ago:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/oly/wire/2734918
Morgan Hamm More Than 'The Other Twin'
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