Opening Ceremony | Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games began with a stunning Opening Ceremony on Friday evening (7 March) at Fisht Stadium with a volunteer cast of more than 2,500 people from the Krasnodar region of Russia taking centre stage, and two-time Paralympic champion swimmer Olesya Vladykina and six-time Paralympic champion cross-country skier Sergey Shilov lighting the Paralympic cauldron. With a theme of “Breaking The Ice,“ the Opening Ceremony evoked the spirit of Russia and the importance of breaking down bar