News about Scott Hamilton

Olympics fans have criticised the BBC for a post-bout interview with Team GB's Emma Reid which saw the judo star break down in tears. The 29-year-old had just been disqualified from her first-round match against South Korea's Yoon Hyun-ji in the -78kg event when she faced the broadcast media. Reid lost the bout after committing three penalties in the latest disappointment for British judo at the Paris Olympics. Lubjana Piovesana beat Lucy Renshall on Tuesday in a -63kg last-16 grudge match, three years after she left the Team GB set up when bullying accusations against her Paris opponent were dismissed. Minutes after her disqualification this morning, Reid appeared on the BBC and soon started crying when the interviewer raised questions over the judo squad's performance at the Games.

After an embarassing gaffe, a Jeopardy contestant was left red-faced, Olympic figure skater Scott Hamilton was referred to as Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton. 'This American won gold medal in the Men's Singles competition in Sarajevo after winning his gold medal in the 1984 Winter Olympics,' the 'answer' said.'

Scott Hamilton, the British Olympic champion, has confirmed that he did not have surgery to repair a third brain tumor. At the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, the 65-year-old won figure skating gold for the United States. Hamilton has already gone under the knife twice to cure brain cancer, first in 2004 and then in 2010. The latter procedure put him into severe dangers, and he needed nine separate surgeries.