Originally posted by tackleberry
It doesn't matter. I'm just saying Hamm "should" have done the right thing and shared his medal
This wasn't an option Hamm had, Tackle.. The IOC could have awarded a second gold at the outset, but declined. They wimped out and put all the weight on Hamm, hoping he'd give it up.
Think about it, he's gonna go down in history as the guy who complained about his precious medal, a medal that he didn't "really" all out win, rather than being the guy who stepped up and shared the medal, much like the 2002 Winter Games where the Canadian skaters tied with the Russian skaters because of the faulty judge. The Canadians shared the medal, rtaher than turning the "selfish" cheek.
You seem to have your facts messed up on this one. First, it was the the Russians who initially were awarded the gold in 2002, not the Canadians. After the French judge was exposed as a fraud, the IOC awarded a second gold to the Canadians. The Russian pair had nothing to do with it. And in fact, acted more coldly about sharing the gold than Hamm has been at any time since Athens.
Per Speedracer's post, if they were to add 0.1 to the Korean's score now, they would be breaking one rule to mend another.
In either incident, it was not the athlete's choice on whether or not to "share" anything. It's a decision left to the sport's governing body.