The NBC announcer initially called Jamaica's Kishane Thompson as the gold medalist.
As the runners in the men's 100-meter race on Sunday night at the Paris Olympics crossed the finish line, there was confusion about who won the gold medal.
NBC's Leigh Diffey announced Jamaica's Kishane Thompson as the winner even though it wasn't official. Team USA's Noah Lyles was identified as the winner after Because of his misidentification of the winner, Diffey posted a message on X, formerly known as Twitter, and owned up to his mistake. "The men’s 100 was epic & closest of all time! My eyes & instinct told me Kishane Thompson won. Obviously, that wasn’t the case," Diffey wrote. "I shouldn’t have been so bold to call it, but I genuinely thought he won. I got it wrong. I am thrilled for @LylesNoah as his story only gets bigger!"
The men’s 100 was epic & closest of all time! My eyes & instinct told me Kishane Thompson won. Obviously, that wasn’t the case. I shouldn’t have been so bold to call it, but I genuinely thought he won. I got it wrong. I am thrilled forMadison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News.
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