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.
Olympic officials defend rehearsal footage use
Olympic officials have defended the use of TV rehearsal footage to cover up a technical glitch that occurred in the opening ceremony of the Sochi Games.
Read: Russian TV shows doctored images of Olympic rings
IOC spokesman Mark Adams said "some decided to take some footage and some not."
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