Paul Hamm is the shiznit!

[Usul]

I'm not American, and I certainly don't cheer for American athletes or teams, but this guy if quite simply amazing. There is no other word to describe what he does. I don't know shiyat about gymnastics, but he is incredible to watch.

[Ulysses]

That has got to rank up there among the top comebacks ever. What a performance under pressure.

The whole sequence of events would seem almost silly if in a movie or something.

[Luzion]

Yeah that comeback was incredible. Go USA!

[Usul]

NBC just played the whole thing again, and I still get chills.

[DeeJ]

Seemed to me like it was totally unfair on the Koreans who were far more consistent than the let's-fall-over-and-still-win-the-gold American guy.

[arx]

I don´t think Hamm deserved the gold. Problem is "deserve" is not what we are talking about.

However, there is always trouble in this sports where everything is based on "subjective perception".....ie, judges.

[Oski]

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I don´t think Hamm deserved the gold. Problem is "deserve" is not what we are talking about.

However, there is always trouble in this sports where everything is based on "subjective perception".....ie, judges.

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He did deserve the gold, he grabbed it with an unreal finishing routine.

The talk about the Koreans getting "jobbed" makes no sense; nobody was complaining they got jobbed on a score BEFORE the Hamm's final 8.32. Notwithstanding the performance of Hamm's lifetime on the horizontal bar, the Koreans go 1, 2, and deservedly so.

The fix does not come in where the final gold is won by a near perfect performance.

[Taxman]

I thought I was the only one to use that stupid word! Damn it now I have to come up with something else! Oh yeah and the mens all around final was pretty fun to watch. Other than his little girl voice Paul Hamm kicks ass.

[astroglide]

it ruled. can somebody who thinks he didn't deserve the medal please point out a misjudged score for anybody? you realize that's the only way to argue it, right? if the scoring is objective, whoever wins certainly deserved to win.

[Cyrus]

There was Paul Hamm driving his car one night and he was stopped by the police at a checkpoint. The policeman asked to see his driving licence and registration. He saw the name and said "Your name Paul Hamm?"

"Yes", replied the athlete.

"Same as the Olympic winner, huh?"
"Well", smiled Hamm, "actually I am that man."

"No, you can't be", said the policeman.
"Why not?"
"Well, I saw that guy on TV, and he is strong, very well built, he has muscles and everything, you are a little bit on the skinny side, if you'll excuse me."
"Well, what can I tell you, I really am Paul Hamm, the gymnast and gold medallist."
"Nah, you ain't, but that's alright, fella, live and let live I say."

By this time, Hamm was understandably a little ticked.
"Look, I’m tellin’ you I’m THE Paul Hamm?"
"Whatever you say, man, don’t feel bad about it.”
"I really am Paul Hamm, really.”
"Nah, that's alright, you may go, just drive off."
"I'M TELLING YOU I'M PAUL HAMM - Watch!"

So, Paul Hamm gets out of the car, takes a few running steps and does a flying summersault and goes into double aerial spin backwards and another summersault and the whole works.

The two young guys from the next car in the checkpoint are watching all this with their mouths open and the driver starts moaning:

"Duuuuuuude, alcohol testing sure has toughened up, man, we NEVER gonna pass!"