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Photos: 2014 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony

February 08, 2014

The 2014 Olympics officially kicked off Friday with the Opening Ceremony in Sochi. For our full story on the ceremony, click here.

A general view of sunset at the Olympic Park during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium. (Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Delegations flags are pictured moments before the start of Opening Ceremony. (Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian band Tokio performs during the Opening Ceremony. (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Performers take the field. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)

Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina of t.A.T.u., a Russian music duo, perform. (Andrej Isakovic/AFP/Getty Images)

Dancers perform during the Opening Ceremony. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)

Ballet dancers Danila Korsuntsev and Svetlana Zakharova perform. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

A preview of a trick we're sure to see in future Olympic events. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

US flag bearer, nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick leads his national delegation. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)

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