Oh dear.
By Alex Hern [1] Published 08 August 2012 7:18Oh dear.
The Daily Express celebrates Britain's record haul of gold medals, putting yesterday's four medallists on the cover: Alistair Brownlee, Laura Trott and Chris Hoy. But who's that representing the dressage? Why, it's Adelinde Cornelissen, Edward Gal and Anky van Grunsven of the Dutch team, with their orange colouring and bronze medals delightfully on show.
Oh dear, Daily Express. Oh dear.
Double oh dear. The Mirror made the same mistake as well - twice:
Oh dear. It's even worsein the Mirror's centre spread. (ht
@heery [3]) twitter.com/suttonnick/sta… [4]— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) August 8, 2012 [5]
Oh no. Has the Mirror made the same mistake as the Daily Express? twitter.com/suttonnick/sta… [6]
— Nick Sutton (@suttonnick) August 8, 2012 [7]
It seems likely that the blame lies at least partially with a mis-captioned tag from a photo agency.