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Slideshow: Opening Ceremonies of the XXI Winter Olympics

Christiana Johns on 02.13.10 at 2:48 PM | no comments |

Christiana Johns

Southern belle from NOLA, DePaul journalism grad student, football fanatic and aspiring jetsetter

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Yesterday afternoon we found out that all seven of us had tickets to the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics! It was a great experience to be a part of it and see it live in person. The best part for me was to see the displays of passion as people cheered and waved flags for their respective nations, and the pride on the athletes' faces as they walked out of the tunnel representing their countries.

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Athletes from China carrying in their country's flag.
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Athletes from Georgia received a standing ovation in honor of their teammate, <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/the_view_from_vancouver/2010/02/safety-questions-surround-death-of-georgian-luger-nodar-kumritashvili.html">Nodar Kumaritashvili, the 21-year-old luger who died on Feb. 12 in an accident during his training run in Whistler, BC</a>. Photo credit: Christiana Johns
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Photo credit: An "official" AP photo (i.e. we grabbed a random AP reporter on a break and asked him to take it, so thank you!)

Ticket + rings = gold.

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