https://freerepublic.com/tag/usausausausausausa/ en-us Sat, 28 Aug 2004 03:37:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1201457/posts Paul, we would like to congratulate you and support you. Your gold medal performance was nothing short of awesome. It was one of the great comebacks in sports history. This American could not be more proud of you. You faced adversity, never gave up, and won the day. Screw the Olympic Committee that is trying to taint your medal. It is uncalled for and unfair. You are the champion. We know that the judges screwed up the level of difficulty for the Korean, but they also screwed up by missing a 2/10 deduction. Wear the gold proudly. America salutes your... DFU https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1201457/posts#comment Sat, 28 Aug 2004 03:37:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1194416/posts Hamm: I thought the gold's gone for sure   By Seth Wickersham ESPN The Magazine   ATHENS, Greece -- Hamm? No, Hamm was out of it. Everyone knew. The American had just taken his chance at a gold medal and tossed it like a stone into the Mediterranean, stumbling off the vault like a man stepping on his own shoe lace, nearly falling onto the judges' table the way basketball players do when trying to save a loose ball. His hopes were hopeless. Sure, Paul Hamm had pulled an Elway before, coming back from a separated shoulder last year to... ESPN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1194416/posts#comment Thu, 19 Aug 2004 04:54:46 GMT