August 20th, 2002: At the recent China vs. USA Meet (Final Round of the 2002 Li Ning Cup), the Chineese Team out did the USA. The score was 229.575 to 224.075. Paul scored a 9.4 on Vault yet no other scores are available at this time! Sorry, this meet doesn't get a lot of coverage, and hopefully after we hear from Paul and Morgan we can update everyone with more scores! The boys are on their way to California today to prepare for the USA vs. The World!

August 22nd, 2002: Here are some updates from A Chinese Website.. http://www.cga.net.cn They quoted Paul's High Bar Routine: "Paul did extremely well in HB and got a 9.8 and there is a pic of him which the Chinese called "flying man""

August 23rd, 2002: Unlike the women last night, the US Men were not victorious in the USA vs. The World Competition. 77.703 to 67.639 the US men took second. Paul also got second all around and Morgan eighth! Full results can be found: here. Although Morgan only competed one event, floor exercise. International Gymnast reported he appeared to be injured after his first tumbling pass. After the first rotation it was said he was taken to the hosptial. The x-rays showed there was no fracture, but he has strained a tendon in his left shin. Get well soon Morgan!

August 30th, 2002: IG has a small article about Morgan's injury and his recovery state. Check it out by clicking here

September 21st, 2002: Paul and Morgan will be one of the features in the November/December issue of Inside Gymnastics. The issue will also feature sisters Ashley and Courtney Kupets. To read more about the November/December issue click here to read it. The interview also talks about the major that Morgan has selected in college and a few of Morgans thoughts in missing this chance at worlds. Podium training thoughts from Inside Gymnastics can be found by clicking here.

November 21st, 2002 - Today was day one of World Championships! It was the qualifying round for each event. Paul did awesome! He scored a 9.575 on floor to be in 7th place and a 9.587 on high bar to be in third! Finals take place on Saturday! Good luck to Paul! The Swiss Turners website has some pictures of the guys hanging out. You can see those by clicking here

November 22nd, 2002 - I forgot to mention yestereday that Paul also qualified in the Pommel Horse semi-finals! After semi-finals today. Paul is in 5th place on Floor Ex with a 9.612, 7th on Pommel Horse with a 9.587, 3rd on High Bar with a 9.625. Tomorrow Paul will compete on Floor and on Pommels and on Sunday he will compete for the High Bar title.

November 23rd, 2002 - Today was finals for Floor Ex. and Pommel Horse. Paul finished 4th place on floor with a 9.625 and 8th place on Pommels with a 9.050. Congrats to Paul's USA Teammate, Courtney Kupets, World Champion on Uneven Bars! Tomorrow Paul will compete for the High Bar title!

November 24th, 2002 - In tonights high bar finals, Paul missed his piked Tkatchev resulting in the score of 8.887 to finish in 7th place. Congrats to Paul's other USA Teammate, Ashley Postell, World Champion on the Balance Beam. Way to Go USA... Congrats on all your accomplishments!

January 16th, 2003 - Paul has been selected to be one of the United State's four competitors in the 2003 American Cup. He will compete alongside Former National Champions, Blaine Wilson and Sean Townsend. More information can be found at Inside Gymnastics.

January 23rd, 2003 - Congrats to Paul who was named Inside Gymnastic's National Male Athlete of the year! In the current issue of Inside Gymnastics Paul is also featured in an article about World Championships. Recently Paul and Morgan attended a camp at the US Olympic Training Center alongside Japan's National Gymnastics team!

February 14th, 2003 - Paul was injured this past week in practice. Although it is a small injury to his shoulder he will not be competing in the American Cup. He will be replaced by Guard Young.

February 20th, 2003 - CONGRATS TO PAUL! WORLDS BRONZE MEDALIST ON FLOOR!!! Gervasio Deferr tested positive for pot in his system after the World Championships. Pulling him out of the bronze medal and giving it up to Paul! Inside gymnastics has a full article about other instances where Gervasio Deferr has also tested... Read it by clicking here

March 1st, 2003 - Paul is in Virgina with the American Cup gang as he is reporting quick hits with Dominique Dawes for the men for USA Gymnastics. International Gymnast talked to Stacy about Paul's injury. You can read the article at here.

June 20, 2003 - Here are Paul and Morgan's results from the prelims and event finals! Please note that the AA is not a final placing!

	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	FX	AA
Morgan	9.100	8.975	9.450	8.925	9.350	9.675 (1)	55.475 (5)
Paul	9.750 (1)	8.925	9.6	9.625	9.575 (1)	9.575	57.050 (1)

June 22, 2003 - Congrats to Paul, who is now the two time national champion!!! Paul won the competition by a full point ahead of Jason Gatson, and Morgan finished in 4th place, behind 5 time champ, Blaine Wilson. Their scores are as follows from today!

	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	FX	AA	FINAL
Morgan	9.625	9.075	9.500	8.775	9.250	9.775	55.800 (2)	111.275 (4)
Paul	9.800	8.9	9.625	9.35	9.200	9.400	56.275 (2)	113.325

June 23, 2003 - Paul and Morgan have both been named to the World Team. Paul automaticaly secured a spot and will be guarenteed competition, although Morgan is one of 5 other guys who will be training together and later on announced who will be the alt. The World camp takes place starting July 7th, in Columbus Ohio! Congrats!

August 13, 2003 - Both Paul and Morgan are official memebers of the World Team. The opening ceremonies take place Friday the 15th in California. Both guys are excited and in good shape for this years World Competition. Good Luck to Paul and Morgan along with the rest of the USA Gymnastics team! For news and updates along with sound wavs from the twins head on over to www.worldchampgym2003.com. It has become official that Paul will recieve the Bronze medal from last years world championships in the floor exercise. Gervasio Deferr who had placed third in the meet tested positive for drugs is now being suspended.

August 17, 2003 - Awesome start for the USA TEAM! They are going into the final round of competition in 1ST place!!! Morgan and Paul's scores from the day are:

RESULTS	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	FX	AA	TEAM
Morgan	8.800	9.400	9.687	9.600	9.212	8.662	55.361	227.743
Paul	9.487	9.587	9.512	9.500	9.200	9.562	56.848	227.743

Paul qualifed alongside teammate Jason Gatson (ranked 3rd all around) to the All Around Finals in 2nd Place!!!! He also qualifed to the floor exercise event final. Team finals where the team is in hopes of winning a gold medal will take place on Tuesday night starting at 9pm EST.

August 19, 2003 - CONGRATS TO THE USA MEN WHO PLACED SECOND IN TONIGHTS COMPETITION! They won the 3rd Medal in the history of USA Gymnastics Mens Team Program. In tonights competition the format was 6-3-3. Which means three gymnasts per event and all three scores count. That is the reason Paul and Morgan didn't compete all around tonight. Here are their scores

RESULTS	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	FX	AA	TEAM
Morgan	9.487	-	9.112	-	-	9.625	28.224	171.121
Paul	8.900	-	9.565	9.425	9.475	9.675	47.04	171.121

Paul still has the all around and the floor event final to go. Good Luck to him later on in this week!

August 21, 2003 - CONGRATS TO THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION!!!!!! His results:

RESULTS	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	FX	AA
Paul	9.700	9.475	9.537	9.662	9.775	9.625	57.774

In tonights competition... when Paul went up to his highbar routine, he knew he had to go out and just hit... he did more then that... he STUCK to win him the gold medal. He is the first ever USA Male Gymnast to win a gold medal... and the first world all around medal since Kurt Thomas in 1979. Congrats PAUL!

August 23, 2003 - In tonights floor exercise finals, Paul kept his gold medal streak rolling and finished out these world championships with a Gold medal on floor. With a score of 9.762 Paul tied Jordan Jovtchev from Bulgaria for the Gold Medal! In these world championships Paul won two individual golds and a team silver alongwith Morgan. Congrats to both boys on an amazing competition. ESPN has announced that they will be airing event finals, times are still To Be Announced!

September 16, 2003 - Paul was named the US Olympic Committee Athlete of the Month along fellow Wisconsin National team member Chellsie Memmel. And the USA World Gymnastics Team (men and women) were named the US Olympic Committee Team of the Month as well for the awesome accomplishments at the World Championships. To view the full article including information about other nominees click here.

October 22, 2003 - Inside Gymnastics did an interview with Ron Galimore about this years World Championships. He spoke a lot about Pauls win in the all around and what that is doing for USA Gymnastics as well as the team silver medal. You can see the interview by clicking here!

November 2, 2003 - To view the statement from Paul and Morgan as to the reasons they did not attend the tour click here and the document will open in a new window.

December 6, 2003 - Paul and Morgan have been asked to attend the 2004 Visa American Cup. The competition is in Madison Square Gardens at 2:30 PM and will be televised live by NBC. The other American competitors in the comptetion are Blaine Wilson and Jason Gatson!

December 9, 2003 - To view the letter from Paul and Morgan regarding their switch to OSU click here. I recieved an update email from Sandy Hamm today with some information on Paul and Morgan's schedules for the next few weeks.
The boys will be completing their semester's schooling by December 13.
Paul leaves for New York City on the 14 to do promotion work for the 2004 Visa American Cup with Carly Patterson and Bela Karolyi on Monday the 15th. They may be on the Today Show on the 15th. That is unconfirmed. He returns to Milwaukee late the 15th.
Morgan and Paul leave on the 16th with Miles Avery to attend a gymnastics gala in Belgium. They return December 22nd.
They spend the next week with family & friends and packing up for the move. On Monday, December 29 they start loading the truck and heading to Columbus, OH. They have rented a two-bedroom apartment directly underneath Raj and Michael Evans, and will be moved in by December 30.

December 30, 2003 - Last night ESPN aired the greatest sports moments of 2003. Number 88 on the list was a tie between the Womens Gold Medal at the Worlds and Pauls All Around Win. There is also an article on page 37 of International Gymnast Magazine which talks about the boys move to Ohio State!

January 5, 2004 - Paul has been nominated for not one, but TWO new awards this upcoming year. He and fellow Wisconsin native Chellsie Memmel have both been nominated for the Sullivan Award and the 2003 U.S. Olympic Committee Sportsman of the year! The only gymnast ever to receive the Sullivan Award was Kurt Thomas. The Sullivan award will be announced on the 13th of April in New York! Paul and Morgan also have a new teammate at Ohio State as Jason Furr has moved up to Columbus from Houston. They continue to train with Blaine and Raj as well.

January 30, 2004 - An article was posted on Inside Gymnastics regarding Miles Avery and the OSU Group. They just returned from the first National Training Camp of the year. The article stated that Paul will not be competing all around at the Winter Cup due to a heal problem and Morgan is questionable for the All Around, because his Parallel Bars is not quite where he would like. Both guys are excited for the upcoming Olympic Year and their season training at OSU!

February 6, 2004 - Paul and Morgan competed tonight in the Winter cup! Both had great competitions. Morgan placed 27th all around, although he did not compete parallel bars, in his session along with wins on both pommel horse and vault! Paul placed 32nd all around although did not compete floor and vault due to a sore heal. Paul won the Parallel Bars and High Bar title! Their scores are as follows:

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
Morgan	9.25	9.55	8.400	9.750	-	9.250	46.050
Paul	-	9.400	8.850	-	9.850	9.675	37.775

February 8, 2004 - Last night in the event finals competition Paul placed 3rd on high bar, 7th on parallel bars, & 1st on pommel horse! Morgan placed 2nd to his brother on pommel horse, 6th on floor exercise, and scratched from the vault event finals. Their scores went as follows:

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
Morgan	9.150	9.475	-	-	-	-
Paul	-	9.550	-	-	8.950	9.600

February 29, 2004 - In tonight's American Cup both Paul and Morgan experienced first place for a few rotations... Although neither won, both had an awesome competition. Paul finished third and Morgan finished 5th all around and won floor exercise and pommel horse.

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
Morgan	9.725	9.725	8.075	9.500	8.725	9.600	55.350
Paul	9.575	9.100	9.550	9.500	9.700	9.025	56.450

Congrats on a great meet!

March 13, 2004 - In the World Cup tonight, Paul placed 7th on parallel bars, just missing finals; he fell from pommel horse and did not make finals, and placed 6th on high bar to qualify to tomorrows finals. Good Luck Paul!!

April 4, 2004 - Morgan competed in the Siegfried Fischer Trophy this weekend and won the silver medal on floor exercise behind Brazils Diego Hypolito with a score of 9.673! In today's competition, Morgan won the high bar with a score of 9.550! Way to go Morgan! Paul will be competing next week in the Pacific Alliance Championships in Hawaii! Good Luck Paul!

April 16, 2004 - Last night both Paul and Morgan competed in the Pacific Alliance Competition in Honolulu, Hawaii! Paul won the all around and while Morgan did not compete all around, scored solid scores on each event. Their scores are as follows:

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
Morgan	9.600	9.633		9.416		9.485
Paul	9.566	9.783	9.216	9.500	9.550	9.650	57.265

April 19, 2004 - This weekend Paul and Morgan helped round out the USA's 44 medal count at the Pacific Alliance in Hawaii! Morgan won floor with Paul in second place by just 0.025. The twins went onto tie for the bronze medal on pommel horse; Paul to win the vault & high bar competitions & place third on parallel bars. Congrats on a successful weekend!

May 10, 2004 - Paul was named 2003 Gymnast of the year by the International Gymnastics Federation! He was nominated along with Jordan Jovtchev & Li Xiaopeng. On the womens side, Svetlana Khorkina was named. Both Paul and Svetlana were named based on their preformances at the 2003 World Championships! Congrats Paul!

May 31, 2004 - Paul and Morgan made an appearence on this mornings Today Show. They were interviewed along with Blaine and Raj about their shots at the Olympic Team. Paul and Morgan also recently did an interview with Dominique Moceanu as a section of her personal website. To view the interview go to her website and check out the Members Only section! Paul and Morgan are in Nashville, TN for the USA National Championships that will be taking place starting Wednesday at 7:00 PM. Both Paul and Morgan will begin their competition on the still rings!

June 2, 2004 - Congrats to both Paul and Morgan who are currently ranked 1st and 3rd at the 2004 USA National Championships. Both had awesome meets tonight and will be competing in finals on friday at 7:00 pm cst! Their scores are as follows...

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	AA
Morgan	9.550	9.450	9.100	9.575	8.975	9.675	56.325
Paul	9.800	9.725	9.525	9.100	9.750	9.800	57.700

June 4, 2004 - Congradulations to the now 3-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION, Paul Hamm! Paul went onto defend his title tonight and win the competition beating out second place Brett McClure by over a point! Morgan followed up Brett in the competition in a close third, winning the bronze medal! In the event finals, Paul won the floor & high bar event titles, placed second on pommel horse & parallel bars, and placed fourth on rings, Morgan placed second on vault & high bar, third on floor, and placed fifth on pommel horse. Their scores were as follows:

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Combind AA
Morgan	9.750	9.550	9.075	9.650	9.55	9.725	113.125
Paul	9.850	9.550	9.550	9.675	9.550	9.825	115.700

June 15, 2004 - Paul has done an interview with Inside Gymnastics about the upcoming Olympic Trials and his thoughts going into the competition. You can view the interview by clicking here.

June 24, 2004 - In tonights Olympic Trials Prelims both Paul and Morgan had a great night. Paul finished in first place with a combind (Nationals and Trials) score of 80.84, Morgan finished sixth with a combind score of 78.67. Their individual scores are as follows:

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Combind AA
Morgan	9.225	9.525	8.650	9.800	9.050	9.650	55.910
Paul	9.800	9.000	9.475	9.650	9.775	9.900	57.600

June 22, 2004 - Paul and Morgan are both in this week's People Weekly as the most "eligible bachelors". There is a short article and a picture. You can buy the magazine at any store that sells magazines.

June 26, 2004 - Tonight, both Paul and Morgan were named to their SECOND OLYMPIC TEAM!!!!!! WAY TO GO GUYS!!!!! They have been guarenteed spots along with Jason Gatson and Brett McClure. The final team will be announced on or before July 18th, 2004. Their scores from tonight are:

	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB	Combind AA
Morgan	9.700	9.625	0.000	9.700	0.000	9.675	38.700
Paul	9.900	9.800	9.550	9.450	9.600	9.825	58.128

July 1, 2004 - Paul has been writing in a diary for Team Chevron, you can view all his entries by clicking Here.

July 25, 2004 - On July 17 the final Olympic Team was named. Traveling along with Paul, Morgan, Jason, & Brett are Blaine Wilson and Guard Young. The two alternates are Steven McCain and Raj Bhavsar. The team leaves on August 4th for Athens and the opening ceremonies will be on the 13th. Check out the schedule section for the full Olympic Schedule of TV/Competition Dates & Times.

Paul, along with Courtney Kupets, has been named the July 2004 USOC Athlete of The Month. Congrats!

July 29, 2004 - In the August issue of Sports Illustrated there is an article about the 2004 Olympic Team featuring Paul & Morgan. The guys are continuing to train and will be leaving on the 4th of August to travel to Athens! Good luck Paul and Morgan!

August 5, 2004 - In a recent issue of Time Magazine, there was a photo essay of the olympic team. The essay can be seen online by clicking here. Thank you to Michelle for letting us know! The Twins Stuff website is keeping an updated report of how the different sets of twins are doing in the Olympics. You can view their report at www.twinstuff.com.

August 6, 2004 - According to Inside Gymnastics a book was recently released about Paul and Morgan and their quest for Olympic Gold. The book is entitled "Paul and Morgan Hamm: Olympic Heros" and was written by Amanda Bader and Liesa Abrams.

August 8, 2004 - Paul and Morgan have committed to being on the Rock 'n' Roll Gymnastics Tour. The exact dates of the tour have not been announced yet and will be announced sometime in the next week. The first stop is currently scheduled for August 31st, although confirmation of that will be coming soon. Make sure to check back to www.hammtwins.com througout the next few weeks during the Olympic Games, where we will keep you updated on the tour and a few surprises!

August 11, 2004 - Make sure to check out tomorrow morning's USA Today where Paul will be featured on the Cover of the paper!!! They have also recently been featured in Newsweek Magazine in an article about the Olympics. The guys have been given some chances to train on the podium and all is going well for them. They had a press conference yesterday and sounded very positive about it all... Paul showed his confidence when asked if the Chinese Team was beatable he responded: "I found a way to beat the Chinese last year at the World Championships. I think we have to realize that they are beatable, and that we can do that as a team as well." Make sure to check out the Audio Quotes at the USA Gymnastics website to hear the guys comments on training!

August 12, 2004 - The opening ceremonies are just 24 hours away and the men's competition is no more than 48 hours away and Paul and Morgan are ready to go! The USA Mens team was placed into the second subdivison of competition so they will be competing against: Russia, Spain, & 3 Mixed Groups. The lineups were announced today and for the first day of competition (in 6-5-4 format) Paul will compete in the all around and Morgan will compete High Bar, Floor, Pommel Horse, & Vault. The guys will not be marching in the opening ceremonies, due to the fact that the competition starts the next day. Make sure to check out the schedule page for full updates of competition times.

August 14, 2004 - The men couldn't have asked for a better way to start the competition. After two small mistakes on the high bar due to a problem with the code of points, the US Men went on to claim second overall and first in their subdivision. They are behind Japan by 1.715 going into the final round of competition. Paul left no question in the minds of many that he was out to win by placing first in the all around by over a point and qualifying to four other individual event finals, Paul was by far the best gymnast on the floor tonight. He will compete in Floor, Pommel Horse, Parallel Bars, & High Bar. Morgan was the only other member of the US Team to qualify to an invidivual event final where he qualifed to floor & high bar, also placing as the 3rd alternate for the pommel horse. He and Paul hope to share the floor and high bar gold. The men's team will rest tomorrow as they prepare for competition on Monday, where they will go head to head with the best in the world. The format will be changed and 6 members of the team will be there, 3 will compete, and 3 scores will count! A video of Paul's High Bar routine can be found here. It was taken off of Eurosport.

August 15, 2004 - The USA Men's Line-up for tomorrow's competition has been announced! Paul will be doing five events and Morgan will only do four events, due to the new format. 6 Men on a team, 3 Compete, 3 Scores Count. Both twins are competing on floor, pommel horse, vault, & high bar, while Paul will also be competing on Parallel Bars. The competition begins at 8:30 PM Athens Time, and 1:30 PM EST. CBC Will be showing clips of the event live, although to see the full coverage on NBC Tune in at 8:00 PM EST.
GOOD LUCK TEAM USA, BRING HOME THE GOLD

August 16, 2004 - It's been 40 years since the USA Team has won a medal at a NON BOYCOTTED OLYMPICS, and tonight they have done it. Through a close competition which at one point had the top four teams within .1 of eachother, the USA Team pulled through to win the Silver Medal! They finished behind Japan by almost a point and ahead of Romania by a few tenths. The next task comes for Paul, as he attempts to become the first male Olympic All Around Champion for the USA Ever.
GOOD LUCK ON WEDNESDAY PAUL

August 17, 2004 - The dates for the 2004 Rock 'n' Roll Gymnastics tour have been posted! The tour has 12 stops and will feature singer JoJo on every stop! The tour kicks off August 31st in Uncasville, CT. Both twins will be on the tour along with teammate Blaine Wilson. Keep checking back to www.hammtwins.com for possible ways of winning tickets to the tour! Today, Paul is USA Gymnastics' Featured Athlete... You can read the story here

August 18, 2004 - Paul made history tonight as he became the 2004 OLYMPIC ALL AROUND CHAMPION. He is the first USA Male Gymnast to accomplish this. Paul finished just 0.012 ahead of Dae Eun Kim from Korea in tonights competition. After a rough vault, many questioned weather Paul would be able to win, in a deja vu preformance to last years world championships, Paul stuck his high bar dismount to celebrate with coach Miles Avery.

Paul now has until Sunday night to rest up for the next round of competition. He will compete on Floor, along with Morgan, and on Pommel Horse in an attempt for two more gold medals.

CONGRATULATIONS PAUL

August 19, 2004 - After a day of celebration, Paul has continued to make his name known throughout the world. Today he appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, & nation wide News casts have been done. His vault played more times, then the vault of Kerri Strug, when the USA Women's team won Gold in Atlanta. He didn't even need his pass to get into the Olympic Village last night, the security guard reconized him from TV. Although with all the fun, it didn't stop Paul from training, at 7:00 PM Tonight, he, Morgan, and coach Miles Avery hit up the gym to workout. Competition will resume on Sunday with the floor and pommel horse finals.

The Korean National Federation has put up an appeal against the start value of the parallel bar routine of Yang Tae Young. The FIG Says the scores cannot be changed after the medals are awarded, none the less, the new score would not be high enough to knock Paul out of the gold position.

August 21, 2004 - Today the Athens jury ruled that the start value of Yang Tae Young had indeed been lowered during the competition, although no protest was filed in time, changing nothing in the standings. Although three officials have been suspended. Paul and Morgan compete tomorrow in the floor competition. Good Luck!

August 22, 2004 - Today was the first day of event finals and although no medals were brough home from the men's team, it was an awesome competition for both Morgan and Paul. On floor Paul scored a 9.712 for 5th place and Morgan scored a 9.650 for 8th place. (He went over time by a second and had a .1 deduction). Paul competed on Pommel Horse as well where he scored a 9.737 for 6th place. The boys both will be competing in high bar tomorrow and Paul will also be competing on Parallel Bars. Good Luck!

August 23, 2004 - In the final day of competition, Paul and Morgan finished off on high bar with amazing scores. Paul won the silver with a score of 9.812 and Morgan placed just outside the medals, due to a tie breaker, with a 9.787 in fourth. Paul also finished 7th on parallel bars with a 9.737. Congrats to Paul and Morgan on an AMAZING Olympic Games!

August 24, 2004 - Paul Will be on David Letterman (WEDNESDAY, the 25th) talking about his gold medal. A park in Wisconsin, the boys home-state, has been named after Paul and Morgan for all of their successes at these past Olympic Games and throughout their gymnastics career. More information on the exact location coming later on. In regards to the recent interviews about Paul giving up his gold medal, Paul talked this morning on the Today Show. He told viewers that after tapes were reviewed, no matter what, the score of Yang Tae Young would have been lower due to another skill in the routine. Paul will keep his gold medal, as he is the 2004 Olympic Champion.

August 27, 2004 - Paul and Morgan have returned to the United States to prepare for the upcoming Rock 'n' Roll Gymnastics Tour. Upon arriving, they spoke to kids in New York City about winning their medals and what it was like to compete in the Olympic Games.
In a breaking news conference this morning, the FIG Made a request that Paul return his All Around Medal to Yang Tae Young. The USOC Followed up that request by saying "The USOC finds this request to be improper, outrageous and so far beyond the bounds of what is acceptable that it refuses to transmit the letter to Mr. Hamm," (AP). Paul will not be returning his medal, and has full support by the USOC In the decisions that have been made.
A local Wisconsin Pizza Hut is sponsering the boys by putting a sign in their front yard that says "Congrats to the Hamms! Ham gold medal pizza sold here".

August 29, 2004 - In breaking news Yang Tae Young of Korea has filed an action with the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS). There is no hearing scheduled at this time but Paul's attorney, Kelly C. Crabb of Morrison and Foerster (www.mofo.com), has stated in a letter to CAS, "Mr. Hamm intends to aggressively protect his rights under the applicable rules of his sport..."

September 1, 2004 - Morgan and Paul are presently scheduled to fly straight from the East Coast to California to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday. Morgan is hoping to then fly somewhere for a few days rest before their next show (Columbus, OH, September 9th). Paul will stay in Los Angeles for a few extra days and appear on a variety of television show. Watch here for more details as they develop.
Check out the Tour's website at: www.rockandrollgym.com Neither Paul nor Morgan are scheduled at this time to be on the TJMaxx Tour. 
Click here to see Congressman Sensenbrenner's statement regarding his support for Paul. You can expect the Judiciary Committee to schedule hearings for some time in September to begin their investigation into the actions the governing bodies involved in the injustices heaped upon Paul and other athletes. Click Here to see USA Today's September 1 story by Jill Lieber on the growing controversy over the handling of Paul's situation by USA Gymnastics and the USOC.

September 10, 2004 - The Pittsburg and Columbus Rock 'n' Roll Gymnastics Tour stops have been Re Scheduled so that more fans can buy tickets to these shows! Please continue to check back here for other schedule changes, we will try and keep you as updated as possible!

A campaign has begun to get Paul his own Wheaties Box, since he was passed over during General Mills' first decision making process. Please let them know that you think Paul deserves his picture on Wheaties and that America supports Paul, and that they should be proud to honor him. So start contacting her today about giving Paul a box of his own - and ask your friends to do the same thing!!

Contact:
Jenny Foster
Wheaties Promotion Coordinator
763-764-7401 
jenny.foster@genmills.com

PARADE IN COLUMBUS! PARADE in WAUKESHA!

The Waukesha Parade is scheduled for Wednesday, September 15.
1:30 Assemble in Waukesha South Fieldhouse for remarks from boys & others.
2:30 Parade begins leaving and ending at the high school.
4:00 Press conference for the media in the Fieldhouse
4:30 Autograph session.

More Parade details to follow as they become available. All fans from anywhere are welcome to attend. Two days after the parade the Rock 'n Roll Tour show will be held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

You can now buy your own "I Love Paul" Magnets! If you would like to purchase one click: Here!

September 14, 2004 - Paul will be going to Switerzland at the end of this month to testify in defense of his gold medal. For more information on it check out JS Online.

September 27, 2004 - Paul testified on behalf of his medal today in Switzerland. The judges listened to all sides of the case and said they will reach a verdict in the next two weeks. The FIG has announced that the code needs to be completly revised, if the revision of the code is approved, the new code will go into effect at the end of the 2005 season.

September 30, 2004 - A few fans are putting together a fan binder for Paul and Morgan. You may contribute messages or drawings, If you would like to recieve more information about the binder check out their website by clicking here.



A (virtual) building in support of Morgan has been started at Top Dog City. To check out Morgans building visit http://www.topdogcity.com/morganhamm1.htm. For more information about Top Dog City check out their website at www.topdogcity.com.



The results of the hearing will not be announced until October 11th. Paul has returned from Switzerland and is back on tour with Morgan and the rest of the Rock 'n' Roll Tour. More information will be added as available.

October 14, 2004 - Paul along with 2004 Olympic gold medal U.S. Women's Beach Volleyball Team of Misty May and Kerri Walsh have been announced as the 2004 Olympic Spirit award winners! To find out more information about the spirit award check out USA Gymnastics.


Hey Paul and Morgan Hamm Fans! There are two girls who really need your help!! They are making a scrapbook for the Hamm twins and they would like you to send Letter, Poems, Jokes, pretty much anything you want them to know or hear. The poems or jokes don't even have to be about them. If you think it will brighten up there day, send it to them. The girls names are Shelby and Stephanie. The only rules are
1: Don't be rude
2: Don't be like "Oh I love you! Will you marry me!"
3: Have fun,
4: We will not put anything that is rude or affencive in the scrapbook.THIS IS TO SHOW THEM OUR SUPPORT!!!
Send you letters to Shelby at Shelbs0125@aol.com or Stephanie at texasqueensteph@yahoo.com .We will be looking forward to your letters.
-Shelby and Stephanie

October 29, 2004 - As I'm sure you all have read, on Thursday, October 21st, Paul was named the OFFICIAL 2004 Olympic Champion by the CAS.

For information about the CAS ruling you can go to www.mofo.com, which is the home page for Morrison and Foerster LLP. Paul's attorney Kelly Crabb is with that firm.

Paul, Morgan, and the entire family thank everyone for their tremendous support.

Morgan and Paul are back in Columbus primarily. They will be at a movie premiere in Hollywood in early November. In New York City again in the middle of the month. Paul has a speech in Atlanta. And they expect to travel to Japan toward the end of November.

WE HAVE A FANLISTING! Our awesome fan Mira set up a fanlisting for the www.hammtwins.com website. To check it out and join visit The HammTwins.Com Fanlisting.

November 20, 2004 - Paul will be in New York City on November 30th, for the lighting of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Plaza. It will take place at 8:50 PM EST. It will take place live on NBC. Following the lighting of the tree, he will fly to Los Angeles where he will receive the VH1 Big in 2004 Award. That will be aired on TV December 5th at 9:00 PM EST on VH1. Following that he will be receiving one of the TV Guides Greatest Moments awards, which will be aired on ABC December 20th, at 8:00 PM EST.

The first unauthorized book about Paul and Morgan has been relased. Entitled "Paul and Morgan: Olympic Heros" and it is available at www.walmart.com.

December 9, 2004 - Don't forget to watch tonight as Paul is on TV Guide's Greatest moments in 2004. It starts at 8:00 PM EST on NBC.

Paul and Morgan were back at home in Waukesha these past few days where they made an appearence at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. The twins came in to visit with those who were suffering from illness and injury. They took pictures, signed autographs, and brought some early holiday cheer to the group. A full article about the appearence can be found at www.gmtoday.com.

If you have missed some of the appearences that either Paul or Morgan have been doing lately, Beth has posted them up on her website for you to download. Please remember to help save her bandwidth as you check out her site!

December 18, 2004 - We are sorry about the mix up in the tv times last week! Webmaster's mistake! There has been a lot of questions regarding the Rock 'n' Roll Tour TV Date. It will be aired *tomorrow*, December 19th, on FOX. It will be aired after the football game and they are expecting it to be between 4:00 and 4:30 pm EST. Please check your local listings to see the times in your time zones. It is called Celebration of Gold and will feature Paul, Morgan, Carly Patterson, Shannon Miller, Blaine Wilson, and more!

December 27, 2004 - Paul is in People Magazines 'People of the Year' issue that hit stands on December 20th! He is pictured next to his sock drawer with his olympic medal. There is also an interview with Paul at Inside Gymnastics where he talks about his plans for the upcoming season!

December 29, 2004 - In an attempt to set up a rivalry between Paul and Morgan 20/20 has put them on opposing teams as they attempt to help families loose weight. The show will be airing on ABC on January 7th at 10:00 PM EST. So watch out for them as they go head to head!

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