Torch-bearer Alexander Karelin takes part in the final stage of the Olympic Torch Relay at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360430
Torchbearer Alexander Karelin taking part in the final stage of the Olympic torch relay race at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360426
A fireworks display over Fisht Stadium during the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360421
The Olympic flag being raised at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. From right: director Nikita Mikhalkov, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, conductor Valery Gergiev, news reporter Anastasiya Popova, six-time Olympic champion Lidia Skoblikova, member of the Federation Council Vyacheslav Fetisov and actor Chulpan Khamatova.07.02.2014#2360416
Torch-bearer Alexander Karelin takes part in the final stage of the Olympic Torch Relay at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360412
President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360408
Member of the State Duma Committee on CIS, Eurasian integration and Contacts with Compatriots torchbearer Irina Rodnina at the final stage of the Olympic torch relay race at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360407
IOC President Thomas Bach gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360402
President of the Russian Hockey Federation torchbearer Vladislav Tretyak and Member of the State Duma Committee on CIS, Eurasian integration and Contacts with Compatriots, torchbearer Irina Rodnina at the final stage of the Olympic torch relay race at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360395
President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko, right, and IOC President Thomas Bach give a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360394
The Olympic flag being carried out at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. The flag-bearers, from left: Federation Council member Vyacheslav Fetisov, conductor Valery Gergiyev, actress Chulpan Khamatova, six-time Olympic champion Lidiya Skoblikova and correspondent Anastasia Popova.07.02.2014#2360393
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, center, at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360380
Torch-bearer tennis player Maria Sharapova takes part in the final stage of the Olympic Torch Relay at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360379
Torch-bearers, Russian State Duma deputy Alina Kabayeva, three times Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling Alexander Karelin, two times Olympic champion in pole jumping Yelena Isinbayeva and tennis player Maria Sharapova, from left, take part in the final stage of the Olympic Torch Relay at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360378
Tennis player Maria Sharapova, left, and two times Olympic champion in pole jumping Yelena Isinbayeva take part in the final stage of the Olympic Torch Relay at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360376
President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360374
Torch-bearer, tennis player Maria Sharapova takes part in the final stage of the Olympic Torch Relay at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360365
American national team’s flag-bearer Todd Lodwick, foreground, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360363
Hayley Wickenheiser, foreground, flag-bearer of the Swiss national team, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360360
Canadian national team’s flag-bearer Hayley Wickenheiser, foreground, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360352
Representatives of the Netherlands at the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360351
The Olympic Oath on behalf of the athletes, officials, and coaches at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360348
Representatives of Iran at the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360346
IOC President Thomas Bach gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360343
Australia’s national team’s flag-bearer Alex Pullin during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360339
Representatives of Poland during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360340
Turkey’s national team’s flag-bearer Alper Ucar during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360337
Head of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitrry Chernyshenko making a welcome speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360333
Mexican national team’s flag-bearer Hubertus Von Hohenlohe, foreground, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360332
The Olympic flag being carried out at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360315
The Olympic flag being carried out at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360310
The Olympic flag being carried out at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360309
Representatives of France during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360306
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360303
The Olympic flag being carried out at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. The flag-bearers, from left: conductor Valery Gergiyev, cyberathlete Alan Yenileyev, third left, film director Nikita Mikhalkov, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, correspondent Anastasia Popova, six-time Olympic champion Lidiya Skoblikova and actress Chulpan Khamatova.07.02.2014#2360300
Representatives of Canada during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360299
Representatives of Germany during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360298
February 7, 2014. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second right, at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Third right: figure skating coach Tatyana Tarasova.07.02.2014#2360294
Serbia’s national team’s flag-bearer Milanko Petrovic, foreground, during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360293
Representatives of Ukraine during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360289
Sports fans watch the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360285
Sports fans watch the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360283
Representatives of Japan during the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360281
President Thomas Bach gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360280
Fireworks above the Fisht Olympic Stadium at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360278
Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360277
A sports fan watches the parade of athletes and members of national delegations at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.07.02.2014#2360274
IOC President Thomas Bach, left, gives a welcoming speech at the opening ceremony of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Right: President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Dmitry Chernyshenko.07.02.2014#2360273
