This Crying 'Nightmare Bear' At The Sochi Winter Olympics Is Pretty Creepy
The world's most expensive Olympics came to a close - all with a single tear from a humongous bear who had extinguished the flame of the Sochi games.
By Melody Oei — 24 Feb 2014, 03:33 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
The 26-Foot Bear Mascot Teared After Blowing A Cauldron Inside Fischt Olympic Stadium, Marking The Symbolic End Of The 17-Day Games
With a nod to Russia's Olympic past and 900 children carrying small flames, a giant bear has extinguished the flame of the Sochi Games.
yahoo.comKnown As The 'Nightmare Bear', It Gained Popularity Online For Its Oddly Subdued And Nightmarish Expression
An American media had actually left the bear, as well as his snow leopard and rabbit pals, out of the opening ceremony's primetime broadcast. Despite the omission, the bear gained popularity online for its oddly subdued (read: stoned) and nightmarish expression.
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At The Closing, Russia Also Poked Fun At Their Olympic Ring Malfunction That Happened During The Opening Ceremony
The joke: one of the clusters stayed closed so they couldn't form a fifth interlocking ring, which ended up being just a teensy cluster at the side, just like the unfortunate snowflake. After a long pause though, the fifth ring opened up and interlocked with the rest, creating the full symbol of the games. Whew.
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At the closing ceremony, the Olympic ring was made as if it were a repeat of the malfunction during the opening ceremony in Sochi.
Image via mshcdn.comThis time, Sochi got the Olympic rings right. And with a little self-deprecating humor, too.
A group of 700 dancers formed the five Olympic rings Sunday night during the closing ceremony at Fisht Stadium, but delayed forming the fifth ring in a humorous nod to a pyrotechnic malfunction during the opening ceremony.
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Lots Of Fireworks Followed After The International Olympic Committee President Declared The Games Closed
Fireworks explode over the Olympic park at the end of the closing ceremony for the Sochi Winter Olympics on Sunday, February 23.
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Fireworks explode over Olympic Park during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter.
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Soon, fireworks exploded over the stadium and athletes poured onto the arena floor to dance in front of a DJ, with screens showing an animated Olympic leopard mascot on the decks.
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As promised by the closing ceremony's creative director, Konstantin Ernst, the event had an art-house feel, with more low-key performances than those found in this year's opening ceremony. Performances celebrating Russian ballet and literature paid tribute to the country's rich history, and a sense of humor even came into play when dancers reenacted the snowflake malfunction from the opening ceremony.
Producers put on a 62-piano mini-concert, in which a group of musicians played Rachmaninov's "Piano Concert No. 2," and rolled the pianos around the arena dressed up in Mozart wigs.
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Bolshoi ballet dancers perform in the closing ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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Sochi Closing Ceremony References Opening Ceremony 'Ring Fail'| Winter Olympics 2014.
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Russian pianist Denis Matsuev (center) performs during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
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