Hamm and Co. retire in style
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THE Brazil women&#39;s team were the better team, dribbling and faking just like their more illustrious male counterparts. On the other hand, the US team looked slow, even disorganised.
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Paul Hamm of the USA celebrates with his coach after scoring a 9.837 in the horizontal bar to claim victory in the men&#39;s artistic gymnastics individual competition on August 18, 2004, during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Sports ...
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Paul Hamm of the United States won the gold medal Wednesday in all-around gymnastics.
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After more than 15 years with New York City Ballet, Nikolaj HÃ¼bbe danced his farewell performance on Sunday  not as if he were delivering the last word on his roles, but as if they were brave new worlds he was still exploring.
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Olympic champion Paul Hamm has decided to return to competitive gymnastics, hoping for a less tumultuous path to the all-around title at the Beijing Olympics than the one he took in Athens.
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Italian designer Valentino, 75, announced his retirement on Tuesday, saying it was time to bid &quot;farewell&quot; to the world of fashion.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm&#39;s &quot;fairy-tale ending&quot; was unexpectedly revised at the Athens Olympics on Saturday when the international governing body for gymnastics said he should not have received the gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around final.
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Paul Hamm didn&#39;t fling his Olympic gold medal off the top of the Empire State Building on Thursday, nor did he drop it in the middle of rush-hour traffic in Times Square just for the fun of it.
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ATHENS, Greece - Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost some of its luster. A mistake in scoring of the all-around gymnastics final cost Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday...
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Valentino, one of the undisputed kings of fashion whose name is synonymous with elegance, will retire in January from the couture house he founded nearly half a century ago.
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(Athens-AP) Aug. 19, 2004 - Wednesday night at the Olympics, when gymnast Paul Hamm needed to be great, he turned in two of the best routines of his life to rally and win the men&#39;s individual all-around gold medal.
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All-round champion Paul Hamm's Olympic  fortunes took a downward turn on Sunday when he was outdone by  the mastery of Kyle Shewfelt and Teng Haibin in the men's  apparatus finals.
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Paul Hamm (U.S.) won the men's  gymnastics individual all-around gold medal at the Olympics on  Wednesday.
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ATHENS - Paul Hamm feared he had blown a shot for a medal when he stumbled at the end of his performance in the vault, his fourth event in the six-event men&#39;s individual all-around final. But the freckle-faced gymnast from Wisconsin ...
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NEW YORK - Paul Hamm said he was relieved but had some bitter feelings after Thursday&#39;s decision to let him keep his Olympic all-round gymnastics gold medal.
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For many dancers life after retirement can be traumatic. But the options are improving.
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Paul Hamm appeared at Chelsea Piers yesterday with &quot;a lot of hardware,&quot; as he put it. The controversial gold medal plus two silver ones hung around his neck.