22nd winter olympics officially underway

the 2014 winter games in sochi is officially underway with a pretty good opening ceremonies that included a look through the history of russia. irina rodnina and vladislav tretiak lit the flame in a very cool way in the plaza. they lit their end of the cauldron, followed by flames shooting out of nozzles leading to and up the main cauldron, thus lighting it. 88 nations at the games. 221 athletes representing canada. let the games begin.