Folks, we have the first Olympics fail of the opening ceremony.
An oversized Olympic ring failed to illuminate during the early moments of the ceremony, leaving a sad snowflake where the fifth ring should have been.
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Those able to watch the festivities live (sorry, America) hit Twitter to take a jab at the mishap.
Epic fail during @Sochi2014 #OpeningCeremony... pic.twitter.com/CCCr8ikdWr— Daily_Express (@Daily_Express) February 7, 2014
Looks like $51 billion only gets you 4 out of 5 Olympic Rings! #FAIL . Good luck to all taking part #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/lxiDg2CDTF— Eamo (@eamonharbison) February 7, 2014
Oh Oh.... Olympic Rings at Opening Ceremony. 80% correct? Lol #fail #Sochi2014 #TeamUSA #Olympics2014 pic.twitter.com/SiIPWmU7kt— Bobbie O'Leary (@oleary_b) February 7, 2014
They had 7 years of preparation, & at the climax of the first segment one of the five Olympic rings fails to open!! EPIC FAIL !! #Sochi2014— A. Karim (@AKarimKhalifeh) February 7, 2014
Russia cant finish the Olympic Rings #TeamUSA #Sochi2014 #fail— connor wiseman (@sapientis3112) February 7, 2014
UPDATE: The Associated Press reports that Russian television cut to footage from the opening ceremony dress rehearsal when the Olympic ring malfunction occurred.
