Some Russian hockey fans were left celebrating yesterday, despite their team losing to Canada in the WorldJuniors gold medal game. Here's why:
Two state TV channels showed Russia-Canada finals at the same time on Sunday. One was live, and the other was from 2011.
Some fans posted celebratory messages on social media, or complained media outlets were reporting the wrong score. It became hard to tell who was genuinely duped and who was in on the joke. Yana Tarasenko, a lifestyle blogger who is the wife of St. Louis Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko, posted on Instagram that her husband had watched the 2011 game for 10 minutes in the belief it was live — at least “until he saw himself in the game.”
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