Officials of the breakaway republic earlier said the number dead topped 2,000 while Russia -- which sent troops into the area and overwhelmed Georgian forces -- estimated the death toll at 1,600, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported Wednesday.
Since the Olympic opening ceremonies over a week ago stories of injury, fainting, and now performers forced into adult diapers have been revealed by those in the show and in some cases the director.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice harshly criticized Moscow as the "loser" in the confrontation with its smaller neighbor and accused Russia of "wanton destruction of civilian infrastructure."