Russian TV shows doctored images of Olympic ceremony
Russian state television broadcast doctored footage taken from the Sochi Olympic Games opening ceremony rehearsal, after one of the rings failed to burst opening during the live event.
Russian TV shows doctored images of Olympic rings
Russian state television broadcast doctored footage taken from the Sochi Olympic Games opening ceremony rehearsal, after one of the rings failed to burst opening during the live event.
Yesterday's opening ceremony clitch occurred when only four of the five rings materialised in the wintry opening scene. The five were supposed to then join and erupt in fireworks, but one remained closed and the pyrotechnics never went off.
However viewers of Rossiya 1 seen all five rings come together and the fireworks exploding on cue. Jean-Claude Killy, head of the IOC coordination commission for the Sochi Games told the Associated Press: "It didn't show on television, thank God."
Producers confirmed the switch, saying it was important to preserve the imagery of the Olympic symbols.
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