Vladislav Tretyak and Irina Rodnina lit the Olympic flame at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi. A bit more about the great athletes in this gallery ITAR-TASS.
Vladislav Tretyak and Irina Rodnina: lighting Olympic Flame
Vladislav Tretyak and Irina Rodnina lit the Olympic flame at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi
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Vladislav Tretyak and Irina Rodnina lit the Olympic flame at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi
© AP Photo/Matt Slocum, Pool Tretyak is considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of ice hockey
© Fotokhronika TASS/Viktor Budan/Vyacheslav Un Da sin Vladislav Tretyak is a three times olympic champion
© Fotokhronika TASS/Valery ZufarovVyacheslav Un Da-sin Irina Rodnina is the only pair figure skater to win 10 successive World Championships and three successive Olympic gold medals
© Fotokhronika TASS/Alexander Yakovlev In childhood, Rodnina suffered from pneumonia eleven times, which prompted her parents to bring daughter to her first skating rink
© Fotokhronika TASS/Boris Klipinitser Vladislav Tretyak with the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov Irina Rodnina with the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov