South Korea accepts the Olympics: if you missed the opening, look at these photos
In South Korea, the opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympics was held. Representatives of 92 countries take part in the games - this is a record for the Winter Olympiads. The Russian team was not allowed to the Olympics. Russian athletes were allowed to perform only under a neutral flag.
Martin Bureau / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Sean M. Haffey / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Sean M. Haffey / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Martin Bureau / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Valery Sharifulolin / TASS / Scanpix / Leta for athletes from Russia IOC banned the use of the state flag. But the ban does not apply to fans Franck Fife / AFP / Scanpix / Leta "Olympic athletes from Russia" under a neutral flag USA Today Network / Sipa USA / Vida Press, the national and southern Koreans went under a single flag. Athletes from two teams carried him together ROB Schumacher / USA TODAY SPORTS / SIPA USA / Vida Press skier of tonspie tufatofua Ding Xu / Xinhua / Sipa USA / Scanpix / Leta MATT Kryger / USA Today Sports / Sipa USA / Vida Press Mohd Rasfan / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Olympic fire lit the skater Kim Yu. She won gold in 2010 in Vancouver Toby Melville / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Kevin Jairaj / Usa Today Sports / Sipa USA / Vida Press Jorge Silva / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta team support group DPRK KAI Pfaffenbach / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Scanpix / Leta
Photo in the announcement: Julie Jacobson / Ap / Scanpix / Leta