Sochi Olympics Begin With Spectacular Opening Ceremony

Competition begins in earnest Saturday at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's Black Sea resort city of Sochi. The Games kicked off Friday with a glitzy opening ceremony that organizers hoped would paint a shining image of post-Soviet Russia. Brand-new Fisht Olympic Stadium was a sea of Russian color and pageantry Friday.   There, the opening ceremony for the Sochi Olympics featured Russian music, plus ballet stars, acrobats and cosmonauts, and many other...

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