Islam Karimov takes part in Winter Olympics opening ceremony

The official opening ceremony of the Games took place in the Olympic Stadium Fisht on February 7 with heads of leading nations of the world attending the occasion. The colorful festivities culminated in the ceremony of setting the Olympic flame.

Uzbekistan is represented at the Olympics by a group of athletes who succeeded in qualifying competitions, including the mountain skiers Ksenia Grigorieva and Artyom Voronov, as well as the figure skater Misha Ge.

The state flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan was raised in the Olympic village on February 5 in honor of our national team.

The 22nd Winter Olympics is sixth in a row that the national team of the independent Uzbekistan is taking part in.

Uzbekistan was represented as a sovereign team for the first time in 1994 at the 17th Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, and it was that very contest that at once our athletes made a remarkable achievement: a gold medal was earned in freestyle.

In general, more than 5,500 Olympians and members of national teams of around 90 countries are taking part in the 22nd Winter Games in Sochi.