The most expensive Olympics the world has ever seen has officially started — and considering the price tag of the games, the expectations were high.
But minutes into the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi, already plagued by complaints of poor organisation and infrastructure, there was another glitch — when one of the five Olympic rings failed to appear.
Five large, glowing snowflakes emerged from a whimsical opening meant to depict the four seasons, floating to the top of arena and, one by one, morphing into rings.
But only four joined together while the fifth remained a snowflake, apparently stuck behind the rest of them. The five were supposed to join together and erupt in pyrotechnics similar to those of London 2012 — but instead they were eventually darkened and moved out of the arena as Russian President Vladimir Putin was introduced.
The ceremony in the Black Sea resort began at 4.14 GMT (8.14pm local time) with a small girl asleep being swept up in the air with the help of a kite.
The backstory was that she dreams of Russia and that her dream will take us on a journey of the land. Four kilometres of rail has been laid out on the roof of the Fisht Olympic Stadium to support nine giant floats, representing different parts of the Russian Federation.
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