NBC broadcaster Leigh Diffey said his eyes deceived him when he announced the wrong winner of the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
with a time of 9.784 seconds — and beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just five thousandths of a second.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!”Noah Lyles, of the United States, in lane seven, wins the men’s 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.Noah Lyles, of the United States, in lane seven, wins the men’s 100-meter final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.
However, Lyles was declared the winner, as slow motion video and an ariel snapshot determined his torso crossed the finish line first.Kishane Thompson of Team Jamaica and Noah Lyles of Team United States look at the stadium screen waiting for the result of the race after the Men’s 100m Final at the Paris Olympics at Stade de France on August 4, 2024 in Paris, France.Diffey, who’s calling his sixth Olympics and second track and field competition, would not comment further about the matter.
“It’s Noah Lyles! And it had to go to a photo finish to decide it!” Diffey said when the results were announced.Imane Khelif denounces bullying amid Olympic boxing gender controversy: ‘Can destroy people’Noah Lyles delivers inspirational message about what he’s overcome to achieve Olympic gold“I thought I got out-leaned, truly. And me and Kishane were right next to each other, and I was like, ‘I’m gonna have to swallow my pride on this one.
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