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NBC Olympics announcer Leigh Diffey botches Noah Lyles gold medal call with wrong winner
By Jared Schwartz,
10 hours ago
Leigh Diffey jumped the gun.
The NBC announcer shouted the wrong sprinter as the winner of the heavily anticipated men’s 100-meter dash finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday.
American Noah Lyles came from behind after a slow start for a photo finish at the wire with Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson.
Noah Lyles wins the 100-meter dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
“To be honest, I just believe in myself,” Lyles said. “I’ve done worse and I’ve run faster 60s. Ah, dang. Dang, I’m amazing. That’s crazy. That’s crazy. I thought I was a little better than that. But that goes to prove that reaction times does not win races.”
He said he told Thompson after the race “‘Bro, I think you got that one.’ But then my name popped up and I’m like ‘Oh my gosh, amazing!’”
Lyles took off his name tag and raised it to the crowd in celebration.
Lyles, 27, became the first American to win the 100-meter dash since Justin Gatlin in 2004.
It marked Lyles’ first-ever gold medal, and his second Olympic medal overall.
Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Aug. 4, 2024. AFP via Getty Images
He had previously won the gold medal in the 100-meter dash at the 2023 World Championships, and can now officially call himself the fastest man in the world.
He’s still set to compete in the 200-meter dash, which he gold in at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Championships, in addition to the 4 X 100 relay.
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