Olympic Fever

U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm finds himself in an impossible situation at these Olympic Games. It is not his fault that three international judges made a mistake that cost Yang Tae-young of South Korea the gold medal — the medal that we now know was given incorrectly to Hamm.

It's not Hamm's fault, but it is his opportunity.

Hamm should give his gold medal to Yang.

from a usa today article

that would truly be a classy thing to do - and i would commend paul hamm for doing it. the fact remains that Yang Tae-young - by the rules of gymnastics, was better than Hamm and a mistake by the judges - not a subjective mistake or a judgement mistake, but an arithmetic mistake (using wrong difficulty factor) cost Yang Tae-young a gold. A gold should be awarded to the South Korean - rules should not keep one from doing what is right. if the ruling bodies aren't prepared to do the right thing, then paul hamm could teach us all the meaning of sportsmanship and the olympic ideals by saying "i don't deserve this; he does." i can't imagine a true competitor wanting to win this way.