Blunder Marks Olympic Ceremony Start

Sports | February 7, 2014, Friday // 19:26
Bulgaria: Blunder Marks Olympic Ceremony Start Photo by EPA/BGNES

The Sochi Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony started with an awkward technical glitch.

One of the 5 big flowers, that were opening up to form the Olympic rings failed to “blossom”, leaving the final formation of only 4.

The error happened just as the Russian President Vladimir Putin was entering the stadium.

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