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U.S. gymnast Hamm to keep Olympic gold

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Thursday U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm can keep his Olympic gold medal despite a South Korean appeal.

Hamm was the first U.S. man to win the gymnastics' all-round title at the Olympic Games.

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The three-judge panel in Lausanne, Switzerland, threw out South Korea's appeal that Yang Tae-young should be awarded the gold because he was mistakenly docked 0.1 points in his parallel bars routine.

Had he been given the correct score, he would have beaten Hamm. Instead, he was awarded a bronze medal.

The International Gymnastics Federation had previously refused to redistribute the medals because the South Koreans did not protest until after the event.

The three judges involved in the controversy were suspended by the federation.

The ruling ends two months of appeals to various bodies, including the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee.

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