Snapshots From Sochi: Athletes, Fans Get Into the Game

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Fans attend the men's snowboard slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor
Fans attend the men's snowboard slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT SNOWBOARDING)
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Japanese fans cheer as Cathy Reed and Chris Reed of Japan compete during the Team Ice Dance Short Dance at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Japanese fans cheer as Cathy Reed and Chris Reed of Japan compete during the Team Ice Dance Short Dance at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT FIGURE SKATING SPORT OLYMPICS)
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Fan wearing a traditional Russian headdress called a "kokoshnik", is seen in the stands during the women's snowboard slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor
A fan wearing a traditional Russian headdress called a "kokoshnik", is seen in the stands during the women's snowboard slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SNOWBOARDING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 25 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Fans cheer during the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor
Fans cheer during the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor, February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT SKIING OLYMPICS)
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Fans cheer underneath the Olympic rings during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Fans cheer underneath the Olympic rings during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 22 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 08 FEBRUARY 2014'
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German fans cheer during the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor
German fans cheer during the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor, February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT SKIING OLYMPICS)
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Russian players are congratulated by fans as they leave the ice after they defeated Germany in their women's ice hockey game at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Russian players are congratulated by fans as they leave the ice after they defeated Germany in their women's ice hockey game at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT ICE HOCKEY)
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Russian fans cheer as they attend the men's ski jumping individual normal hill final event of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor
Russian fans cheer as they attend the men's ski jumping normal hill individual final event of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Rosa Khutor, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT SKIING POLITICS)
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Empty seats are seen at the alpine skiing venue during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Empty seats are seen at the alpine skiing venue during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SKIING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 01 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Britain's Jones performs a jump during the women's snowboard slopestyle finals event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor
Britain's Jenny Jones performs a jump during the women's snowboard slopestyle finals event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SNOWBOARDING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev skis at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev skis at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SKIING POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Canada's Kocher shoots during women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Canada's Zina Kocher shoots during the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS BIATHLON TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 12 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Slovakia's Kuzmina lies on ground after winning women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina lies on the ground after crossing the finish line to win the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIAOLYMPICS BIATHLON - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS BIATHLON TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Irene Wust of the Netherlands skates to first place during the women's 3,000 metres speed skating race at the Adler Arena during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Irene Wust of the Netherlands skates to first place during the women's 3,000 metres speed skating race at the Adler Arena during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT SPEED SKATING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 17 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Russia's Gavrilova celebrates her goal against Germany with teammates Shokhina and Smolentseva during the third period of their women's ice hockey game at the Sochi 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Russia's Iya Gavrilova (R, obscured) celebrates her goal against Germany with teammates Anna Shokhina (29) and Yekaterina Smolentseva during the third period of their women's ice hockey game at the Sochi 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS ICE HOCKEY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Woman posing for her friends does the splits in front of the Olympic Cauldron and flame during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games
A woman posing for her friends does the splits in front of the Olympic Cauldron and flame during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 24 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'
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Germany's Loch drinks beer after winning the men's singles luge event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, in Rosa Khutor
Germany's Felix Loch drinks a beer at the German house after winning the men's singles luge event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, in Rosa Khutor February 10, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT LUGE OLYMPICS)
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Fans attend the men's snowboard slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT SNOWBOARDING)

Japanese fans cheer as Cathy Reed and Chris Reed of Japan compete during the Team Ice Dance Short Dance at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT FIGURE SKATING SPORT OLYMPICS)

A fan wearing a traditional Russian headdress called a "kokoshnik", is seen in the stands during the women's snowboard slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SNOWBOARDING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 25 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Fans cheer during the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor, February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT SKIING OLYMPICS)

Fans cheer underneath the Olympic rings during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 22 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 08 FEBRUARY 2014'

German fans cheer during the women's freestyle skiing moguls qualification round at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games in Rosa Khutor, February 8, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT SKIING OLYMPICS)

Russian players are congratulated by fans as they leave the ice after they defeated Germany in their women's ice hockey game at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT ICE HOCKEY)

Russian fans cheer as they attend the men's ski jumping normal hill individual final event of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Rosa Khutor, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT SKIING POLITICS)

Empty seats are seen at the alpine skiing venue during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SKIING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 01 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Britain's Jenny Jones performs a jump during the women's snowboard slopestyle finals event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SNOWBOARDING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 06 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev skis at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SKIING POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 04 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Canada's Zina Kocher shoots during the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS BIATHLON TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 12 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina lies on the ground after crossing the finish line to win the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin (RUSSIAOLYMPICS BIATHLON - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS BIATHLON TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Irene Wust of the Netherlands skates to first place during the women's 3,000 metres speed skating race at the Adler Arena during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT SPEED SKATING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 17 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Russia's Iya Gavrilova (R, obscured) celebrates her goal against Germany with teammates Anna Shokhina (29) and Yekaterina Smolentseva during the third period of their women's ice hockey game at the Sochi 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS ICE HOCKEY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 20 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

A woman posing for her friends does the splits in front of the Olympic Cauldron and flame during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Games February 9, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 24 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'SOCHI - EDITOR'S CHOICE' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'EDITOR'S CHOICE - 09 FEBRUARY 2014'

Germany's Felix Loch drinks a beer at the German house after winning the men's singles luge event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, in Rosa Khutor February 10, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT LUGE OLYMPICS)

February 9, 2014 at 9:37 PM

Athletes from more than 100 countries are gathered in Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Olympics. While news reports leading up to the games’ opening may have focused on infrastructure and image problems, that’s not stopping the athletes from doing their best to represent their countries and bring home a medal -- and the fans at the game certainly appreciate it. Click through to see scenes from the event, and click HERE for full coverage of the games.

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