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Fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic Stadium at the beginning of the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
Sochi 2014: The Opening Ceremony
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People line up to enter the stadium before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, on February 7, 2014. (Reuters/Mark Blinch)
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The sun sets over Sochi's Olympic Park, on February 7, 2014. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images)3
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Fireworks erupt at the start of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, on Friday, February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Performers take the field during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images) 5
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Liza Temnikova, as "Lyubov", is lifted into the air during a performance, holding a long kite, flying above a theatrical Russian landscape, in the Opening Ceremony in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Liza Temnikova as Lyubov performs Voices of Russia in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) 7
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Reindeer stand near gurs as a Russian rural landscape scene floats past during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images) 8
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Snowflakes hover above performers of Voices of (Russia.Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)
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One of the five Olympic rings failed to unfold during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski)
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Athlete marshals come together to form the Russian flag. (Quinn Rooney / Getty Images)
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Performers in lighted clothing in Fisht Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Reuters/Mark Blinch) 12
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, applaud during the playing of the Russian national anthem, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman) 13
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The Greek Olympic team enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) 14
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A massive troika, three harnessed horses, during the opening ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A Russian ship is projected on the floor of Fisht Stadium in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Artists perform in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Actors perform during the opening ceremony in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A look at Russia's Soviet past in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Performers in the opening ceremony in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Liza Temnikova, as Lyubov, releases the red balloon of communism in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dancers perform in Natasha Rostova's First Ball on February 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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Dancers perform during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on Feb. 7. (TATYANA ZENKOVICH / EPA)
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Liza Temnikova as Lyubov performs Rites of Spring. (Bruce Bennett / Getty Images)24
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Dancers perform during in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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Dancers perform during in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Sochi Olympics winter games official Hare mascot, in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images) 27
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A performance during the opening ceremony in Sochi, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter OlympicsIvan.(Sekretarev / AP)
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Olympic athletes are depicted in lights int Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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Artists perform during the opening ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)32
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Rollerskaters perform during the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. . (Ryan Pierse / Getty Images)
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Fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic Stadium, February 7, 2014. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)
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Performers take part in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. (David Gray/Reuters) 35
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A military choir performs during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics. (Damien Meyer / AFP - Getty Images)
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Members of the Russian team enter the stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) 37
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Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany carries her country flag as the team arrives in Sochi, Russia, on, February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) 38
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Todd Lodwick of the United States carries the national flag as he leads team USA into Fisht Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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Nordic combined skier Mario Stecher of the Austria Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, on February 7, 2014. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) 40
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Russian tennis player and Olympic medalist Maria Sharapova carries the Olympic torch into Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images) 41
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Former hockey player Vladislav Tretiak (right) and figure skater Irina Rodnina light the Olympic cauldron together on February 7, 2014. (Reuters/Pool) 42
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Fireworks explode over the Fisht Stadium during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. (PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Fire races up the Olympic Cauldron, on February 7, 2014. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)
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Fireworks explode over Sochi at the end of the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Olympic flame, lit during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
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Fireworks are seen over the Fisht Olympic Stadium at the Olympic Park during the rehearsal of the opening ceremony in Sochi.PHOTO: REUTERS | ALEXANDER DEMIANCHUK
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Fireworks explode after the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov) 49
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A Canadian fan with Olympic rings shaved into his hair makes his way to the opening ceremony. Adrian Wyld / AP
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