Sergei Gutnikov, President of the Federation of Physical Fitness and Sport for the Disabled, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Torch-bearers Roman Karmazin and Polina Frolova during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Polina Shakirova, a member of the Russian wheelchair tennis team, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Anastasia Klechkina, Merited Master of Sport, XXII Deaflympics heptathlon champion, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Yelena Lozko, founder of St Petersburg wheelchair dance sports club "Dances on the Wheels," during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Producer, actress and scriptwriter Lunov Arkus, co-founder of Autism Problems Foundation in Russia, left, and Anton Kharitonov, the character of Lubov Arkus' film "Anton is Around Here," during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Anton Kharitonov, left, the character of the Lubov Arkus' film "Anton is Around Here," during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Vice Governor of St Petersburg Vasily Kichedzhi, left, and Yevgeny Shvetsov, three time champion of the 2012 London Paralympics, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Paralympic cauldron is lit in St Petersburg.

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Vice Governor of St Petersburg Vasily Kichedzhi, left, and Yevgeny Shvetsov, three time champion of the 2012 London Paralympics, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg. fire, sochi, flame, torch, horizontal, 2014, paralympics, torch-bearer

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Dmitry Lepikov, 1992 Olympic champion in swimming relay 4[200 meters, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Soviet fencer Boris Melnikov, XVIII Olympics champion in team sabre event, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Yury Avdeyev, Chairman of St Petersburg Physical Fitness and Sport Committee, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Yury Avdeyev, Chairman of St Petersburg Physical Fitness and Sport Committee, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Fyodor Trikolich, two time Paralimpic champion, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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TV presenter Mikhail Shats, member of the supervisory board of the Sozidanie Foundation, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Tatyana Smirnova, European power lifting champion, a participant of the 2012 London Paralympics, and TV anchor Mikhail Shats, member of the supervisory board of the Sozidanue Foundation, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Tatyana Smirnova, European power lifting champion, a participant of the 2012 London Paralympics, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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Tatyana Smirnova, right, European power lifting champion, a participant of the 2012 London Paralympics, and Anya Zhilinskaya, the author of one of the Paralympic mascots, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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The Paralympic flame is lit from teh Rostral Colums in St Petersburg.

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Tatyana Smirnova, European power lifting champion, a participant of the 2012 London Paralympics, during the Paralympic torch relay in St Petersburg.

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