Kicking off Sochi Winter Olympics

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Updated On Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

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Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, carries the Olympic Flame inside the ancient Olympic stadium after it was lit from the sun's rays, during the final dress rehearsal for lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, carries the Olympic Flame inside the ancient Olympic stadium after it was lit from the sun's rays, during the final dress rehearsal for lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

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Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, carries the Olympic Flame inside the ancient Olympic stadium after it was lit from the sun's rays, during the final dress rehearsal for lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess, carries the Olympic Flame inside the ancient Olympic stadium after it was lit from the sun's rays, during the final dress rehearsal for lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

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Greek actors walk through the Hera Temple after the Olympic Flame was lit by an actress playing the role of a high-priestess during a dress rehearsal for the torch lighting ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. (Reuters Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

Greek actors walk through the Hera Temple after the Olympic Flame was lit by an actress playing the role of a high-priestess during a dress rehearsal for the torch lighting ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. (Reuters Photo)

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Actress Ino Menegaki in the role of High Priestess lights the Olympic Flame from sun rays during the final dress rehearsal of the Flame lightining ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

Actress Ino Menegaki in the role of High Priestess lights the Olympic Flame from sun rays during the final dress rehearsal of the Flame lightining ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. (AFP Photo)

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Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess (L) passes the Olympic Flame to the first torch runner Greek champion skier Giannis Antoniou during the final dress rehearsal at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

Actress Ino Menegaki as high priestess (L) passes the Olympic Flame to the first torch runner Greek champion skier Giannis Antoniou during the final dress rehearsal at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

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A priestess releases a white pigeon during the final dress rehearsal for lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

A priestess releases a white pigeon during the final dress rehearsal for lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia. (AP Photo)

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Actresses in the role of priestesses perform on September 28, 2013 in Ancient Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C, during the final dress rehersal of the Flame Lighting Ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. (AFP Photo)

Updated on Sept 29, 2013 03:32 am IST

Actresses in the role of priestesses perform on September 28, 2013 in Ancient Olympia, the sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born in 776 B.C, during the final dress rehersal of the Flame Lighting Ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. (AFP Photo)

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