The Sochi Winter Olympic got going with much thunderous fanfare, fireworks and innovative display of Russian art with pride and applause from the audience who saw the ceremony live.
Herein under are some of the highlights of the opening ceremony - something that will be remembered for a long time.
Russian tennis star and Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova was handed the honour of carrying the torch into the stadium - Sharapova was born in the Black Sea resort of Sochi
Herein under are some of the highlights of the opening ceremony - something that will be remembered for a long time.
Welcome to Sochi! Fireworks explode over the Fisht Olympic stadium after the ceremony, which first got under way at exactly 4.14pm GMT
See some more photos of this breath taking opening ceremony of Sochi Winter Olympic:
Russian Police Choir that arguably stole the show with a surprisingly rousing rendition of Daft Punk’s dance floor anthem ‘Get Lucky’ - reports Mail Online.
The much taunted fifth flake of the Olympics rings that could not ignite and was made fun of by the world media - In fact the entire show which was simply marvellous and a landmark show in the history of Olympics was set aside to point out this anomaly to belittle the Russian efforts.
The proud Russian teams waves and cheers as the march past the arena
The German Olympic team entered the stadium in flamboyant fashion with costumes shining in bright red, yellow, green and blue
The lone participant from Pakistan - the smallest 'contingent' of the games
Read more about it at: Mail Online
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