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US angry at goof up

REUTERS, Athens
US Olympic chiefs reacted furiously on Friday to a suggestion gold medallist Paul Hamm should give his medal to a South Korean rival under a plan floated by world gymnastics officials.
In one of the biggest controversies of the Athens Games, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has said Hamm placed first in the all-round event due to a judging error and bronze medallist Yang Tae-young should have been awarded gold.
The FIG has suspended the three judges involved, saying they incorrectly docked a 10th of a point from Yang's parallel bars routine in the final on Wednesday last week. But it has said it has no mechanism to overturn the final standings.
The FIG has now gone a step further and written to Hamm -- one of the highest-profile members of the US Olympic team -- to suggest he could return his medal, accord-
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ing to a letter released by the US Olympic committee on Friday.
"The true winner of the all-round competition is Yang Tae-young," the letter said.
"If ... you would return your medal to the Korean if the FIG requested it, then such an action would be recognised as the ultimate demonstration of Fairplay by the whole world," said the letter signed by FIG president Bruno Grandi and dated August 26.
The US Olympic Committee (USOC) said the letter was a blatant and inappropriate" attempt by the FIG to shift responsibility for its mistake onto the shoulders of Hamm, 21.
"It's deplorable that they are deflecting their own incompetence and their problem to a young athlete who simply came here to compete in the Olympic Games," USOC chairman Peter Ueberroth told a news conference.
USOC chiefs spoke to Hamm, who has returned to the United States, and his advisers on Thursday night.
"During these conversations, the USOC expressed its unwavering support for Mr Hamm and indicated it will aggressively resist any attempt by any party to lay claim to his gold medal," a USOC statement said.
The USOC also said it was no longer willing to consider allowing a second gold medal to be awarded to Yang, one suggestion floated as a way of defusing a row which has been front-page news for days across the United States.