NBC Reports Wrong Gold Medalist—but When They Issue Correction, It Gets Worse

Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic during the Alpine Skiing Ladies Super-G on day eight of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Jeongseon Alpine Centre on Feb. 17, 2018, in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

NBC made a flub reporting a gold medalist on Sunday, Feb. 18, but made it even worse when they tried to issue a correction.

The scene unfolded after Ester Ledecka crossed the finish line in the women’s Super-G a hundredth of a second ahead of Anna Veith, the reigning gold medalist.