This is what you get for being a famous media celebrity. Controversy.
… His autobiography goes on sale in Germany on September 15 and excerpts were published in the country’s biggest tabloid last week. They offered readers an unexpected glimpse at Hambüchen’s most private moments, including a description of him losing his virginity as well as his mother walking in on him having sex with a girl friend.
While Hambüchen himself has said he is proud of the book, the German gymnastics community is caught up in a mixture of ridicule, shock and disbelief. The federation has no official position on the book but Hambüchen’s team mates sounded off to the media. “Everybody I have spoken to about it thinks it’s just ridiculous,” Philipp Boy told newsagency dpa. European floor champion Matthias Fahrig told Mitteldeutsche Zeitung that he wasn’t sure that “somebody really needs to write down their whole life at only 22.” …
The All Around – Hambüchen Injured, Status for Worlds Uncertain
… The reigning European all-around champion was limited to four events (pommel horse, rings, parallel bars and high bar) at the German national championships last weekend. …
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