"Our games will be cool," he assured Dmitry Chernyshenko, chairman of the Organizing Committee Sochi 2014, during the duration of his speech at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics last Friday.
The festivities opened with the Parade of Nations, where athletes from 88 national delegations introduced themselves at the Olympic Stadium, holding flags of their countries. The three-hour ceremony continued with a look at its history Russias.
The night ended with the legend of hockey Vladislav Tretiak and skating by Irina Rodnina in the lighting of the Olympic Flame.
In total, there were more than 3.000 artistic groups who participated in dance, ballet, acrobatics and circus performances. They wore 6.000 suits. 2.000 volunteers helped the scene, behind the scenes and the Olympic Park. The amazing photos were presented by Mashable.
