Team Shuster accidentally awarded gold medals for women's curling
John Shuster and the U.S. men's curling team had to return the gold medals they won Saturday... because they were accidentally given the medals for women's curling.
The US men's curling team just realized the gold medals they were awarded moments ago say "women's curling gold medal" on them. Their coaches are working on it ... #pyeongchang2018 pic.twitter.com/PERIMuXN98
— Alyssa Roenigk (@alyroe) February 24, 2018
He won’t takes his hands off this gold medal. Tyler George says it still hasn’t sunk in. But he’s emotional.
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) February 24, 2018
(And yes, it’s still the women’s curling gold medal) #cbccurl pic.twitter.com/PjRHBT9XH7
Every medal in PyeongChang is inscribed with the name of the event for which it was awarded, and the women's curling gold-medal game has yet to take place, so it's not hard to imagine how a mix-up like this might happen.
The correct medals were eventually located and issued to Team Shuster.