First look at the Sochi Winter Olympics

Agencies Published February 6, 2014
Sweden's Niklas Mattsson finishes his first run during men's snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, February 6, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. – Photo by AP
Sweden's Niklas Mattsson finishes his first run during men's snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, February 6, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. – Photo by AP
Finland's Peetu Piiroinen competes in the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle qualification at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 6. – Photo by AFP
Finland's Peetu Piiroinen competes in the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle qualification at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 6. – Photo by AFP
Great Britain's Jamie Nicholls competes in the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle qualification at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 6. – Photo by AFP
Great Britain's Jamie Nicholls competes in the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle qualification at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 6. – Photo by AFP
Canadian Marc Antoine Cagnon trains during the Ski freestyle moguls at the Extreme Park at Rosa Khutor Mountain ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 5. – Photo by AFP
Canadian Marc Antoine Cagnon trains during the Ski freestyle moguls at the Extreme Park at Rosa Khutor Mountain ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 5. – Photo by AFP
Netherlands' Yvonne Nauta (Left) practices with a team member during a training session on February 6, at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, on the eve of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony. – Photo by AFP
Netherlands' Yvonne Nauta (Left) practices with a team member during a training session on February 6, at the Adler Arena Skating Center in Sochi, on the eve of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony. – Photo by AFP
Norway's Torgeir Bergrem takes a jump during men's snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, February 6, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. – Photo by AP
Norway's Torgeir Bergrem takes a jump during men's snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, February 6, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. – Photo by AP
Sarah Reid from Canada starts her training run prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, February 5, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. – Photo by AP
Sarah Reid from Canada starts her training run prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, February 5, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. – Photo by AP
Italy's Daniela Merighetti speeds down the course during the first training session for the women's alpine skiing downhill race at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center February 6. – Photo by Reuters
Italy's Daniela Merighetti speeds down the course during the first training session for the women's alpine skiing downhill race at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center February 6. – Photo by Reuters
Olympic volunteers are silhouetted against the Caucasus Mountains as they cross a bridge Thursday, February 6, in Rosa Khutor, Russia. The area will host the alpine events at the 2014 Winter Olympics which opens Friday, Feb. 7. – Photo by AP
Olympic volunteers are silhouetted against the Caucasus Mountains as they cross a bridge Thursday, February 6, in Rosa Khutor, Russia. The area will host the alpine events at the 2014 Winter Olympics which opens Friday, Feb. 7. – Photo by AP
The Olympic Cauldron, left, is lit during a test between the Bolshoy Ice Dome, top, and the Iceberg Skating Palace, foreground, early Thursday morning, on February 6, in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. – Photo by AP
The Olympic Cauldron, left, is lit during a test between the Bolshoy Ice Dome, top, and the Iceberg Skating Palace, foreground, early Thursday morning, on February 6, in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. – Photo by AP
A man walks next to the Olympic Cauldron at the Olympic Park on February 5, two days before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. – Photo by AFP
A man walks next to the Olympic Cauldron at the Olympic Park on February 5, two days before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. – Photo by AFP

The preliminary rounds for the upcoming 2014 Winter olympics in Sochi, Russia, are well underway. Contestants from around the world are engrossed in their final phases of training. The Olympics will officially commence starting from the 7th of February and will run till the 23rd.

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