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Four weeks later, Hamm's quest continues
By EDDIE PELLS, AP Sports Writer

September 24, 2004

DENVER (AP) -- The flame went out nearly four weeks ago. The gold medal sits securely in Paul Hamm's childhood home in Wisconsin. For Hamm, though, the Olympic odyssey meanders on.


The victory tour for the gymnastics all-around champion will take an unexpected detour this weekend to Switzerland, where the South Koreans will make one final attempt to take away the gold they say belongs to them.


At stake, Hamm believes, isn't just his gold medal, but ``the way Olympic sports are done in the future.''

``You wouldn't know whether or not you won the medal until weeks after, until you find out whether or not someone's going to take it to court,'' he said Friday, his 22nd birthday...

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