BEIJING, China (AP) -- Not all was what it seemed during the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
Beijing organizers confirmed Tuesday that some of the fireworks display featured prerecorded footage.
Fireworks that burst into the shape of 29 gigantic footprints were shown trudging above the Beijing skyline to the National Stadium near the start of the ceremony.
Though the footprint-shaped fireworks were real, some of the footage shown to television viewers around the world and on giant screens inside the "Bird's Nest" stadium featured a computer-generated three-dimensional image.
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What's next? No, really, our athletes are not doping. All these gold medals are all from naturally gifted athletes. They just trained REALLY hard for 4 years. Those dozens of chinese athletes that were caught for doping in the last few years are completely different.
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they announced that on NBC - that the footprints were fake - during the actual ceremony.
Yeah, they fessed up to this one when it was showing.
I found this one funnier.
Go ahead and add the age of the Chinese gymnasts to the list.
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