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HOW DID IT GO?
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
HIGHLIGHTS?
>> THERE WAS A SLIGHT GLITCH
NEAR THE BEGINNING, AN
ELECTRONIC SNOWFLAKE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO TURN INTO AN OLYMPIC
RING DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT THERE.
BUT REALLY AFTER THAT, IT WAS A
VERY POLISHED AFFAIR.
NODS TO RUSSIA'S HISTORY, ITS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE,
ART, EVEN A NOD TO THE SOVIET
ERA AND IN THE END A FIREWORKS
DISPLAY THAT HONESTLY MADE THE
SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW FEEL
LIKE A KID'S BIRTHDAY PARTY IT
WAS SO GRANDIOSE.
SOME OF THE SWEETEST MOMENTS
WERE THE LITTLE ONES, THE MOMENT
WHEN IRAN AND ISRAEL WALKED INTO
THE STADIUM, THEIR DELEGATIONS
JUST FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER
REALLY SYMBOLIZING THE OLYMPIC
SPIRIT OF PEACE EVEN IN
DIFFICULT TIMES.
THEN WITH THE AMERICANS, SKIER
HEIDI CLOSEKLOSER, I DON'T KNOW
YOU HAVE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING HER
STORY.
SHE TWEETED OUT A PICTURE OF HER
WITH ICE ON HER KNEE.
SHE WAS ON THE PRACTICE FOR THE
DOWNHILL AND TORE UP HER ACL,
JUST DURING PRACTICE, THE DAY
BEFORE THE GAMES STARTED.
HER DAD SAID THAT ON THE WAY TO
THE AMBULANCE, SHE SAID TO HIM,
DAD, AM I EVEN AN OLYMPIAN?
OF COURSE SHE IS.
SHE CRUTCHED HER WAY IN WALKING
WITH HER TEAMMATES, REALLY
SHOWING THE OLYMPIC GRIT AND
SPIRIT THAT THESE GAMES ARE ALL
ABOUT.
>> THERE WAS ALSO A LITTLE BIT
OF CONTROVERSY AT THE OPENING
CEREMONIES, RIGHT?
>> TWO MOMENTS, ACTUALLY.
ONE WAS WHEN THE IOC PRESIDENT
SPOKE, GAVE HIS ADDRESS.
HE SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED
DIVERSITY, THEN WENT EVEN
FURTHER AND SAID THAT HE HOPES
THAT POLITICIANS TAKE NOTICE
FROM THE ATHLETES PRESENT IN THE
STADIUM AND THEIR IDEALS OF
TOLERANCE.
NOW, HE DIDN'T GO ANY FURTHER,
BUT WE ALL HAVE TO ASSUME THIS
IS A NOD AGAINST RUSSIA'S
ANTI-GAY LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN SO
CONTROVER
CONTROVERSIAL.
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER
CONTROVERSIAL MOMENT TOWARD THE
END.
THE WOMAN CHOSEN TO LIGHT THE
TORCH TONIGHT, ALWAYS A BIG
SUBJECT OF SPECULATION, WELL, IT
WAS IRENE NA RAGNINA, AN OLYMPIC
SKATER, BUT SHE'S A FORMER
POLITICIAN HERE IN RUSSIA.
LAST YEAR SHE TWEETED OUT A
PHOTO OF PRESIDENT OBAMA THAT
HAD BEEN DOCTORED TO INCLUDE A
BANANA SUPERIMPOSED OVER IT.
IT WAS, OF COURSE, VERY CONTRO
SLERSIAL, CONDEMNED FAR AND
WIDE.
SHE NEVER APOLOGIZED FOR IT.
THE FACT THAT SHE WAS SELECTED