Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
Evans, 21, goes for gold himself tomorrow (Sunday) on the final day of the games against Serik Sapiyev in the men's welterweight final at 2:15pm.
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Gabby Logan announces wrong family tragedy
The BBC made a major mistake on the final showing of their
Olympics Tonight show as host Gabby Logan sparked an anxious quizzing by boxer
Luke Campbell’s fans as they announced the ‘loss’ of his mother and sister at a
young age.
Campbell, 24, took the gold medal in the men’s bantamweight
final earlier in the day and was then congratulated by Logan, who announced his
victory as a triumph over adversity after the Hull fighter suffered the tragedy
six years ago.
Unbeknown to presenter Logan, it was Welshman Freddie Evans,
who also boxes in an Olympic final tomorrow, who suffered the tragedy as he lost his mother Tracy and sister Scarlett in a car accident in 2006.
Fans of Olympic champion Campbell and boxing in general, immediately began handing out sympathy to the boxer after believing
what was announced to be true.
Logan, after an outcry on social networking website Twitter, was then
forced to issue the following statement at a hastily arranged ending to the
final show in the series by saying: “We just want to tell you that we gave you erroneous
information about Luke Campbell’s mother and sister and we are happy to tell
you that his mum was watching tonight.”
The hurried reverse
from the BBC has not been taken well by fans of Campbell or Evans though, as
both see it as a major gaffe on their part and there may be more of an apology
needed to prevent a further backlash.
Evans, 21, goes for gold himself tomorrow (Sunday) on the final day of the games against Serik Sapiyev in the men's welterweight final at 2:15pm.