NBC announcer Leigh Diffey said “I got it wrong” on his botched Paris Olympics call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as winner of the 100 meters.
Noah Lyles corre rumbo a la victoria en la final de los 100 metros masculinos en los Juegos Olmpicos de Pars, el domingo 4 de agosto de 2024, en Saint-Denis, Francia. call that incorrectly identified Kishane Thompson of Jamaica as winner of the 100 meters.
Diffey declined to offer much more comment when reached by The Associated Press, saying “I'd rather not fuel the fire.” The race was so close that even Lyles seemed to think he had lost to Thompson as they waited for the results to be posted on the big screen at Stade de France.“There’s an Olympic gold medal waiting for somebody,” Diffey said as the race began. “Who wants it the most? ... This is close. ... Jamaica’s gonna do it! Kishane Thompson is a gold medalist!”
“It was a lean at the tape by Thompson, visually we think he got it,” Bolden said. “They're working on the photo.”
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