People watch fireworks after the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic cauldron near the Ural Federal University's main building in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338193
The audience during the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic cauldron near the Ural Federal University's main building in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338192
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuivashev and Olga Kotlyarova, Russian runner, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games and deputy minister of physical culture, sports and youth policy in the Sverdlovsk region, during the ceremonial lighting of the city Olympic cauldron in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338191
Alexander Popov, swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, six-time world champion and 21-time European champion, participates in the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338146
Ural State University student Leonid Skobelin proposes to his girlfriend, Nadezhda, during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338136
Olga Korosteleva, Soviet basketball player and two-time Olympic champion, during the Olympic torch relay near the Sports Palace in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338130
Head of the Regional Ministry of Sports and professor Leonid Rapoport Urfa during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338129
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev and Russian runner, Olympic bronze medalist, Deputy Minister of Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Policy of the Sverdlovsk Region Olga Kotlyarova during the lighting of the Olympic cauldron of Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338122
Sverdlovsk Region Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev and Russian runner, Olympic bronze medalist, Deputy Minister of Physical Culture, Sport and Youth Policy of the Sverdlovsk Region Olga Kotlyarova during the lighting of the Olympic cauldron of Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338120
Spectators watch the Olympic torch relay near the Palace of Sports in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338117
Spectators watch the Olympic torch relay near the Palace of Sports in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338116
Russian runner Olga Kotlyarova, bronze winner of the Olympic Games, deputy minister of physical fitness, sport and youth policy of the Sverdlovsk Region, at the final leg of the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2338115
Soviet basketball player Olga Korostelyova, two-time Olympic champion, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337967
Soviet basketball player Olga Korostelyova, two-time Olympic champion, is seen here during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337966
A torch-bearer carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337963
Russian amateur boxer Yegor Mekhontsev, Olympic and world champion, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337843
The ceremony of lighting the Olympic cauldron outside the main building of the Ural Federal University during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337827
Denis PAsler, prime minister of the Sverdlovsk Region, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337826
Vladimir Vlasov, first deputy prime minister of the Sverdlovsk Region, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337825
Igor Kholmanskikh, Russian President’s Envoy to the Ural Federal District, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337824
Basketball player Yegor Onisko, second right, the youngest participant of the relay, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337823
Igor Kholmanskikh, Russian President’s Envoy to the Ural Federal District, and Yelena Nikolayeva of the Olympics Organizing Committee pass the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337821
A torch-bearer carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337804
Soviet skier Zinaida Amosova, Olympic and two-time world champion, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337802
Soviet skier Zinaida Amosova, Olympic and two-time world champion, carries the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337801
Soviet skier Zinaida Amosova, Olympic and two-time world champion, holds the Olympic flame during the Olympic torch relay in Yekaterinburg.14.12.2013#2337800
