Paul and Morgan Hamm. | Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Morgan Hamm Out With InjuryBEIJING (AP) -- Morgan Hamm is joining his brother on the sidelines at the Beijing Olympics. Hamm withdrew from the U.S. men's team with a left ankle injury today, two days before competition is to begin. During the U.S. men's training session yesterday, he appeared to crunch his ankle on an awkward landing and immediately began grimacing. He quickly climbed off the podium to talk to his coach. He went through the rest of the workout, but only did a few more simple moves on floor. On May 2, his doctor gave him an injection of a cortisone-like anti-inflammatory, to treat that sore and swollen left ankle. That resulted in a positive doping test at nationals. The drug is allowed if an athlete gets a therapeutic use exemption, but he didn't. He had to have another cortisone shot before he left for Beijing. (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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