Kazakh Olympic team parades through 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi opening ceremony

SOCHI. KAZINFORM - Kazakhstan's national team, led by flag-bearer - cross-country skier Yerdos Akhmadiyev, has paraded through the opening ceremony of XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, the correspondent of "Kazinform" reports from the scene.
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First time in the history of the Olympic Games the ceremony has changed the traditional passage of athletes during the parade of nations. Athletes will be up on stage by a special 48-meter ramp, located in the center of the stadium. The parade of nations has been attended by 88 delegations.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev and his wife Sara Nazarbayeva are attending the opening ceremony.

Athletes from Kazakhstan perform a separate team at the Winter Olympics for the sixth time. The right to participate in the Olympic Games in Sochi has been won by 52 athletes in 10 sports. Within 17 days of the competition there will be played 98 sets of medals in 15 sports.

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