25 years ago at the Opening Ceremony of Nagano 1998, sumo grand champion Yokozuna Akebono performed ‘dohyo-iri’, the ceremonial entrance into the ring, to welcome the start of the Olympic Winter Games. #Nagano98 | Olympics

#OnThisDay we celebrated the Opening Ceremonies for both the Nagano 1998 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games 🎆! #StrongerTogether | Olympics

2K views · 12 reactions | Director of Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony dismissed over Holocaust joke made in 1998 | Read more at: https://bit.ly/3BnH5WV | The Economic Times | Facebook

159 reactions · 39 shares | The 2018 Winter Olympics begin in 3 days! Watch LIVE Thursday, 2/8 at 8ET/5PT on NBC | NBC Olympics & Paralympics | Facebook

At the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, Team USA and NYC first responders presented an American flag recovered from Ground Zero. 🇺🇸 (h/t @TeamUSA) | CBS Sports

Eric Lamaze made history in 2008 by becoming the first equestrian athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal for Canada with his beloved stallion, Hickstead. Relive it all on Olympic Games Replay this Saturday: https://www.cbc.ca/1.5594755 | CBC Olympics

Tatiana Malinina, Olympics 1998, SP Born 28 January 1973 Is a Russian-Uzbekistani retired figure skater who competed for Uzbekistan. She is the 1999 Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 Four Continents champion, a two-time (1998, 2001) NHK Trophy champion, and a ten-time (1993–2002) Uzbek national champion. Malinina was born on 28 January 1973 in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR. Her mother was a gymnast and her father a figure skater. The family moved to Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, when she was a teenager. In

Irina Slutskaya, Olympics 1998, FS Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments

Oksana Grishuk & Evgeniy Platov, Olympics 1998, CD Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments