Lyles wins gold by 0.005 seconds over Thompson NBC Lee Dipper shouts “Thompson is the gold” and
apologizes on social media “My instincts told me”
NBC, the broadcaster of the 2024 Paris Olympics in the United States, made an official apology after incorrectly calling the winner of the men’s 100m final. The incident occurred when the winner was decided by a difference of just 0.005 seconds.
According to the Guardian on the 6th (Korean time), the men’s 100m final was held on the previous day (5th) at the Stade de France in Paris, France.
In the event, eight athletes, including Noah Lyles (USA) and Keyshine Thompson (Jamaica), competed fiercely, and it was difficult to tell who the winner was when they reached the finish line.
At that moment, NBC Olympics announcer Lee Diffie said, “There’s an Olympic gold medal waiting for you, and who wants it the most?” and “Jamaica will do it. Keyshine Thompson is the gold medalist.”
At the time, broadcasters such as the BBC in the UK did not announce the winner until the final results were in.
However, the computer analysis results showed that the winner was not Thompson, but Lyles of the United States, who recorded 9.784 seconds. Thompson had to be content with the silver medal, recording 9.789 seconds, just 0.005 seconds behind Lyles.
Later, Diffie posted an apology for his mistake on his social media (SNS) X (formerly Twitter). Diffie said, “The men’s 100m was the greatest ever. My eyes and instinct told me that Thompson would win. But that wasn’t the case. I shouldn’t have said it so boldly, but I truly thought Thompson would win. I was wrong.” “I’m so happy that Noah’s story is getting bigger and bigger,” he added. The BBC reported that Diffie wasn’t the only one who thought Thompson was the winner. Lyles, who won gold, also admitted that he thought he had won silver. “After the race, we were waiting for the name to come up. To be honest, I went up to Thompson and said, ‘I think you’ve won.’” Lyles, meanwhile, was the slowest among the finalists, along with Botswana’s Letchile Teboho, with a start reaction time of 0.178 seconds. Curley was the fastest at 0.108 seconds. However, Lyles quickly overtook the others and crossed the finish line first. It was the first time in 20 years since Justin Gatlin won the Olympics in Athens. 파워볼사이트