Olympic Ring Fails in First Minutes of Opening Ceremony

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One of the Olympic rings fails to open during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014.

Image: AP Photo/David J. Phillip /Associated Press

By Annie Colbert2014-02-07 16:58:40 UTC

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.

Image: Mashable composite AP Photo/David J. Phillip

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