RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 13: Silver medalist Simone Manuel of the United States celebates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women’s 50m Freestyle Final on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
By Ken Fang on

Tonight, Simone Manuel added to her amazing story by winning a silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle and a gold in the 4×100 meter medley relay. ESPN’s SportsCenter Twitter account in an attempt to get the news about Manuel’s silver medal tweeted a picture of the wrong swimmer. It wasn’t another U.S. swimmer, but it was Brazilian Etiene Medeiros! It wasn’t even close! And you can even see the “OS” for “MEDEIROS” on her cap. Oh boy.

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The SportsCenter account deleted the tweet, but of course Twitter saw it and the reaction wasn’t kind:

https://twitter.com/JLOCKMAN51/status/764645614982406145

https://twitter.com/_SandyCupcake_/status/764635101124624385

Once again, this is Etiene Medeiros.

KAZAN, RUSSIA - AUGUST 05: Etiene Medeiros of Brazil celebrates after the Women's 50m Backstroke Semi-Finals on day twelve of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 5, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
KAZAN, RUSSIA – AUGUST 05: Etiene Medeiros of Brazil celebrates after the Women’s 50m Backstroke Semi-Finals on day twelve of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 5, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

And this is Simone Manuel.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12: Simone Manuel of the United States celebrates in the second Semifinal of the Women's 50m Freestyle on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 12: Simone Manuel of the United States celebrates in the second Semifinal of the Women’s 50m Freestyle on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Let’s hope ESPN does not get them confused again.

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