As Expected, Russia Couldn’t Get Through The Opening Ceremony Without A Colossal Screwup

Welcome to the four-ring circus that is the 2014 Winter Olympics, everybody. The opening ceremony isn’t even complete (and, of course, won’t air on NBC for several hours), and Russia’s already screwing things up. Here’s Sochi’s presentation of the Olympic rings. Well, four of them. And a snowflake.

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Yeah, it just stayed that way. Oops. Here’s a GIF of the other four rings blooming(?):

And here’s what the rings were supposed to look like.

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