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Sochi Olympics 2014: Of twin toilets, missing rings and faulty flags

Ten funniest pictures from Sochi Olympics 2014, that sum up exactly what went wrong behind the scenes.

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The Winter Olympics in Sochi have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. After the long homophobia controversy that raged throughout late-2013, they’ve managed to show off some of the most splendidly inadequate infrastructure since Suresh Kalmadi decided to make CWG 2010 a national shame.

Here are the ten funniest pictures from Sochi, that sum up exactly what went wrong behind the scenes:

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