Sochi Winter Olympic 2014

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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.

Liza Temnikova as Lyubov performs Voices of Russia in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014.

Reindeer stand near gurs as a Russian rural landscape scene floats past during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014 in Sochi.

 

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One of the five Olympic rings failed to unfold during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014.

The Greek Olympic team enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony, on February 7, 2014.

Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany carries her country flag as the team arrives in Sochi, Russia, on, February 7, 2014.

 

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A massive troika, three harnessed horses, during the opening ceremony, on February 7, 2014.

A Russian ship is projected on the floor of Fisht Stadium in Sochi, on February 7, 2014.

 

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Artists perform in Sochi, on February 7, 2014.

Actors perform during the opening ceremony in Sochi, on February 7, 2014.

A look at Russia's Soviet past in Sochi, on February 7, 2014.

Liza Temnikova, as Lyubov, releases the red balloon of communism in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014.

 

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Dancers perform in Natasha Rostova's First Ball on February 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

Dancers Svetlana Zakharova and Ivan Vasiliev perform during the opening ceremony, on February 7, 2014.

The Sochi Olympics winter games official Hare mascot, in Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014.

Olympic athletes are depicted in lights int Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014.

 

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Russian tennis player and Olympic medalist Maria Sharapova carries the Olympic torch into Fisht Olympic Stadium, on February 7, 2014.

Former hockey player Vladislav Tretiak (right) and figure skater Irina Rodnina light the Olympic cauldron together on February 7, 2014.

 

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Shelly Gotlieb, Stefi Luxton, Christy Prior and Rebecca Torr, snowboarders from New Zealand, pose for a picture in the Olympic Rings at the Athletes Village ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, on February 4, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

A stray dog walks outside the Bolshoy Ice Dome, as preparations take place for the 2014 Winter Olympics, on February 3, 2014. A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years recently told The Associated Press that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics.

Rosa village is seen from a gondola prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, on February 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana.

Russian pair skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov practice for their event in Sochi, on February 5, 2014.

 

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Workers cordon off a badly-leaning building in Sochi, on March 3, 2013. A three-story house under construction tilted after a road tunnel being constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics had collapsed nearby, the local media said.

(1 of 2) In this photo taken on May 19, 2011, Rosa village, a new ski resort is shown under construction in Krasnaya Polyana, near Sochi.

(2 of 2) Rosa village is seen from a gondola prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, on February 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana.

 

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(1 of 3) A view of the Iceberg Skating Palace, under construction at the Olympic park near Sochi, on May 20, 2011.

(2 of 3) Construction of the Iceberg Skating Palace during a media tour of the Olympic venues in Sochi, on February 10, 2012.

(3 of 3) Technicians stand on the ice as they work on the score clock at the Iceberg Skating Palace, on August 20, 2013.

 

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bermuda

 

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Rumours: Talk of the pair, pictured, dates back at least 13 years. In 2001 (when the pair are pictured at an official event) Putin strongly denied a newspaper report that he had divorced his wife and planned to marry Kabaeva

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach appeared to condemn Russia's anti-gay 'propaganda' laws, telling the packed stadium and hundreds of millions of people on TV: 'The Olympic Games are never about erecting walls to keep people apart. They're a sports festival embracing human diversity, embracing unity'

 

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Azerbaijan promises biggest bonuses for Sochi Olympic Games medals

Azerbaijan promised its Olympians the biggest bonuses for medals at the Winter Olympics in Sochi among post-Soviet countries, citing Kazakhstan publication "New Region".

"Azerbaijan offered the biggest cash prizes for its athletes. Baku sends four athletes to Sochi, although the National Olympic Committee of the country doubts that most likely none of them will rise to the top. And if suddenly one of them could do it, he will get almost 510,000 dollars for the gold medal, 255,000 dollars for silver and 130,000 dollars for the bronze," the Kazakh media writes.

Neighbouring Armenia promises 30,000 dollars for gold, 20,000 for silver and 10,000 for bronze medals. Neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan won medals at the last Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

 

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