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BEST COMEBACK

U.S. gymnast Paul Hamm, 21, shot from 12th place to gold medal winner when he nailed his routine on the high bar on Aug. 18, just edging out South Korean Kim Dae-eun in the closest all-around finish in Olympic history. The Waukesha, Wis., native, who had to recover from a hugely stumbled vault landing to win, now faces an appeal by the South Korean team, a move Hamm's coach calls "sour grapes."