The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics start in Russia on Thursday with events such as snowboarding and ice skating kicking off the snowy spectacular, where 98 gold medals will be handed out over 16 days of competion.
Friday will see the 87 competing countries take part in the Opening Ceremony at the Fisht stadium on the newly-built Olympic Park, the first extravanganza of its kind since Danny Boyle and London wowed the world with the opening to the summer Games in the British capital in 2012.
Comparisons with the universally adored London Olympics will be hard to shake for Sochi, and the if the build-up is anything to go by there might be trouble.
However, once the action gets underway the Winter Games promise thrills, spills and enough curling yo outdo anything in the warm weather version, at least that is according to Amy Williams, Britain's gold medal hero in the skeleton bob at the Vancouver Olympics four years ago.
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