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Olympic organisers howl with laughter at girl who cried wolf

RUSSIA: Olympic organisers laughed off the prank by a US luger involving a wolf supposedly prowling the athletes’ village, and they said yesterday that no disciplinary action is being taken.

American talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel said he cooperated with luger (sled athlete) Kate Hansen to post a fake video of a wolf wandering the hall outside the athlete’s room in Sochi. Instead, Kimmel’s staff rented a wolf and built a set in Los Angeles that was a replica of the dorm and filmed the animal walking around.