Olympic Fever

American Paul Hamm, who became the first American to win the Olympics men's all-round gymnastics title, should not have been awarded the gold, the sport's governing body ruled Saturday.

from the washington post (registration required)

However, Hamm's medal stands as of now. South Korean Yang Tae-young's score was based on the wrong difficulty score. Had he been scored correctly, he would have won the gold. This is unfortunate. Regardless of technicalities that prohibited reversing the decision, fair is fair and Yang Tae-young should be awarded a gold - perhaps they can give two golds as they did in the controversy in figure skating a few years back involving with Jamie Sale/her partner.