26岁的保罗·哈姆即将开始第三次奥运之旅。启程前,哈姆遇到了一些麻烦:今年5月的全美锦标赛上,他在双杠比赛中不慎脱手,右手掌骨骨折,这时,距离美国体操奥运选拔赛还有不到一个月的时间。为能保住参加北京奥运会的一丝希望,哈姆提出申请,请求为他保留一个名额。美国体操协会在了解了哈姆的伤势后,决定接受这位美国历史上第一位奥运会体操 26-year-old Paul Hamm is about to start the third Olympic journey. Prior to his departure, Hamm had some troubles: At the National Championships in May this year, he accidentally sold off the parallel bars and fractured his right metacarpal bone. At this point, there was less than a month before the Olympics America Gymnastics Olympics. In order to keep a glimmer of hope in participating in the Beijing Olympic Games, Hamm filed for an invitation to retain a place for him. American Gymnastics Association learned of Ham’s injury, decided to accept the United States in the history of the first Olympic gymnastics