索契冬奧會開幕式現失誤 奧運五環變四環

A technical hitch during the lavish opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Sochi meant that the last of the five rings making up the Olympic symbol failed to open.

索契冬奧會開幕式日前隆重舉行，但開幕式上出現技術故障，奧運象徵的五環中最後一環沒有打開，奧運五環尷尬變四環。

Five giant snowflakes descended into the stadium and were then meant to open up to form the rings.

在索契奧林匹克公園菲什特主體育場，五朵巨型的雪花徐徐下降，按照原設計，這五朵雪花將打開變成環狀組成奧運五環。

The fifth snowflake did appear to open on some TV feeds, sparking questions as to whether the footage was edited.

不過在一些電視轉播畫面中，第五朵雪花是正常打開的，這也造成人們猜想開幕式的的轉播片段是不是被剪輯過。

The ceremony's producer Konstantin Ernst dismissed the malfunction. "It would be ridiculous to focus on this ring that never opened, it would be simply silly," he said.

索契冬奧會開幕式導演康斯坦丁·恩斯特淡化這一技術故障的影響。他表示：“把所有的注意力都放在一朵沒有展開的雪花上，這太傻太搞笑了。”

Mr Ernst said as producers had known several seconds in advance that the ring would not pop up they were able to alert the Russian channel, which broadcast some pre-shot footage instead.

恩斯特承認在得知出現技術故障後，他們立刻通知俄羅斯電視臺，把畫面切換到了事先準備好的備播帶上。

The missing ring caused amusement on social media, with tweeters joking that it was afraid to come out due to Russia's stance on gay rights.

消失的一環在社交媒體上引起調侃，好多網友都發推表示這沒有出來的一環是因爲俄羅斯對同性戀的嚴厲政策。