He panics but another takes charge and tries to

One boy simply touches a ring and a piece of yellow covering falls off

This is the awkward moment a young boy broke a piece of the Olympic ring display in Rio de Janeiro live on television.

In a news piece by an American TV channel on touring the Brazilian Olympic Park, the camera focuses on a group of Argentinian children playing around the rings in Madureira Park.

The four-tonne structure, measuring 25x12m, was donated to Rio by the UK after it had decorated the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle, one of the football host-cities for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

In a news piece by an American TV channel on touring the Brazilian Olympic Park the camera focuses on a group of Argentinian children playing around the rings in Madureira Park

However, when one boy makes contact with the second circle a section of the yellow covering comes right off and falls to the floor

The excited group run to the rings and reach up and touch them.

However, when one boy makes contact with the second circle a section of the yellow covering comes right off and falls to the floor.

The children look around in consternation until another one takes charge and attempts to stick it back onto the huge structure.

Meanwhile another distances himself from the catastrophe by lying in the green ring nonchalantly, watching the action.

The children look around in consternation until one takes charge and attempts to stick it back onto the huge structure

Meanwhile another distances himself from the catastrophe by lying in the green ring nonchalantly, watching the action

Several adults - also dressed in Argentinian football shirts - come forward to help the taller boy help re-attach the segment before the footage ends

Several adults - dressed in Argentinian football shirts - come forward to help the taller boy help re-attach the segment before the footage ends.

It's unclear whether they were successful or not.

Netizens have used the incident as a chance to poke fun at the Rio-held Games, the opening ceremony of which allegedly costed 10 times less than the London games in 2012.

'The cheap b******s used double sided tape,' one wrote.

'That, my friends, is QUALITY construction,' another added.