Athens 2004 mens all around part 8

yay paul hamm!

paul hamm you know you're not the winner

actually, he is.

US money is all. and paul hamm knows he is not the winner.

Korea losing brings warm feelings to my heart

well for Yang Tae Young, the step is obvioiusly .1, and the rest of the deduction was on his piroetting sequence, because on a lot of his skills he finished crooked or with a shoulder angle. Not to mention the bent arm giant out of the tkachev. .225 in deduction. Paul started from a 10 and was almost perfect. the only deduction I could really see was that he was short of handstand on the stalder. Paul had a high start value because he gets connection bonus by doing 3 tkachevs in a row

yang tae young's starting value was a legit 10, but the scored it as a starting value of 9.9 and that is where all the controversy started.

um, you can't really say "these days"...that was 5 years ago, the code has changed a lot

I meant Yang Wei. It would be exciting to see them compete against each other again.

I never get tired of watching this! :D I think I've watched it 5 times since I discovered it 1 1/2 ago! Haha! :D Paul Hamm is SUCH a great guy! I have a great respect for fighters (in some cases, they're more to be revered than winners), and that unending fight, that unwillingness to give up his dream, is what got him that gold medal! Bravo to him, and thanks to him and all the other competitors for a competition in '04 that was all chills and thrills! I remember the drama like it was yesterday!