2008 Olympics -- Paul and Morgan Hamm videos

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Video Vince picked up today at Port Columbus for a UWeekly article.

[ame=http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2cG11mrruQ]YouTube - Paul Hamm, Buckeye Olympian (Men's Gymnastics) - Jun 23 2008[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bswYtZ3rqcI]YouTube - Morgan Hamm, Buckeye Olympian (Men's Gymnastics) Jun 23 2008[/ame]

 

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Dispatch

Olympics: Double trouble for U.S.
Morgan Hamm joins brother on sideline because of injury
Friday, August 8, 2008 3:11 AM
By Nancy Armour


ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHRIS RUSSELL dispatch
Morgan, left, and Paul Hamm



BEIJING -- The reigning Olympic champion is gone. And now, so is his twin brother, the only other guy who has competed under the glare of the Olympic spotlight. Yet the Hamm-strung Americans insist that nothing has changed. When the team medals are handed out next week, they think they can be right there with the Chinese.
Good thing they're confident. They might be the only ones.
Certain contenders in men's gymnastics only a few weeks ago, the Americans now find themselves with a far tougher road to the medals podium -- maybe even to the team finals. Morgan Hamm withdrew yesterday because of a chronic ankle injury that prevented him from doing floor exercise.
Hamm's twin brother, Paul, pulled out July 28, two days before the U.S. team left for China, because of hand and shoulder injuries.
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