The comically absurd essence of NBC’s Sydney Olympics was captured Monday night in a commercial that ran on NBC during its Olympic coverage.

The ad, for Visa credit cards, congratulated U.S. female pole vaulter Stacy Dragila for winning the gold medal.

About an hour later, NBC presented coverage of the women’s pole-vault competition.

Two of the biggest complaints about NBC’s Olympics presentation have been that everything’s on half-day or older tape and that it’s overloaded with attention-killing commercials.