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So Sochi welcomed the Winter Olympics with an outrageously extravagant opening ceremony. Can the quality of sport over the next 16 days deliver a similar extravaganza? Stick with the BBC to find out. Thanks for your company and contributions. Until tomorrow, it's good night from me. Let the 2014 Sochi Games begin.

If you missed the ceremony, here's our report on the 160-minute show. Or you can catch the whole thing on BBC iPlayer soon.

The five medals on offer on Saturday will be in the biathlon (men's 10km sprint), cross country skiing (women's skiathlon), freestyle skiing (women's moguls), snowboard (men's slopestyle), and speed skating (men's 5,000m). You can find the exact times of each event on this page.

The competition starts tomorrow with five gold medals at stake on day one of the 22nd Winter Olympics.

The action starts with the men's snowboarding slopestyle, with Jamie Nicholls and Billy Morgan representing Great Britain. Could Team GB get a medal on day one?

Watch all of the excitement of the Winter Olympics with BBC Sport. We're showing every event from Sochi, with up to six streams of live sport on show across your devices - online, tablet, mobile, apps and connected TVs.

You'll be in full control of all the action from the Games. Check out our live text commentary and catch up with any action you've missed on BBC iPlayer. We've got all bases covered. Check out the full schedule here.

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Why look back at great Olympic moments with actual footage when you can recreate them using Lego? Brilliant compilation and well worth a look here.

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Jayne Torvill along with skating partner Christopher Dean have got together to tell the story of the glorious ice dancing gold medal they won 30 years ago at the Winter Olympics.

You can catch Torvill and Dean: The Perfect Day on BBC Two at 21:00 GMT in England and 2305 GMT elsewhere in the UK.

Amy Williams
2010 Olympic skeleton champion on BBC TV

"This is the Olympics for the athletes - the flame and the oaths. It will have hit them that they are here and now they have to focus. They have to remember it is a competition and get back into their training. You might not always have the perfect plan so I had plans A, B and C. One of my starts was delayed for two, three hours but it didn't throw me because I could focus on my other plans."

Matthew Pinsent
BBC Sport reporter in Sochi

"Everyone needs to get to bed now, get their heads down and get back into their routine. I remember in Atlanta, once the flame was lit, Steve Redgrave said, "That's it, let's go," and we had to focus again. For some athletes there is a lot of time to twiddle your thumbs before their events so it will be all about how they handle that."

Daniel Sandford
BBC News, Sochi

"I think Russians will be very proud. Many will have hoped for something to impress the world and they did that.

"One thing that many Russians will be talking about is the presence of Alina Kabaeva, the gossip about her being the partner of president Vladimir Putin, something which will only be heightened now.

"She was a talented rhythmic gymnast, but in the pantheon of Russian Olympic greats, not in the top six. People will notice that."

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All the athletes are making their way outside to see the Olympic flame first hand as the fireworks continue in Sochi.

Olympic skeleton champion Amy Williams:, external Wow the Sochi Olympics are Open. Brings back memories from 4 yrs ago in Vancouver. All the Best of luck to every single athlete competing.

Anna Thompson
BBC Sport in Sochi

"I've never been to an indoor fireworks display before but Sochi 2014 organisers did not want those left inside the stadium to miss out on the fun, so they threw a few in for us for good measure!"

Clearly, there was a large chunk of the budget set aside for fireworks. The spectacular display continues, lighting up the Olympic Park.

With one hand each on the torch, they light the wick which then swirls up to the cauldron, located in the centre of the Olympic Park, to light the flame. Cue lots more fireworks to a soundtrack of classical music.

The six of them are now running out of the stadium towards the Olympic cauldron, with Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina breaking away. It looks like these two will light the cauldron together.

Isinbayeva passes it on to wrestler Aleksandr Karelin. Gymnast Alina Kabaeva, figure skater Irina Rodnina and ice hockey goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak also have an opportunity to run with the Olympic torch.

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Four-time Grand Slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova appears on the ramp with Olympic torch in hand. She passes it on to Yelena Isinbayeva, who has 28 pole vault records to her name.

Here we go, then. Time to light the Olympic flame. Who will have the honour?