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

4.1K views · 365 reactions | We can achieve anything when we come together. With lanterns in hand, singing and swaying to the popular Japanese children's folk song, 'Furusato', the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games officially came to a close 25 years ago. #Nagano98 | #OnThisDay | Olympics | Facebook

356K views · 1.8K reactions | North and South Korea came together under a unified flag during the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies as their leaders shook hands | NowThis | Facebook

1.3M views · 23K reactions | What a night at the figure skating! 﫶 #Gangwon2024 #WinterYouthOlympics #FigureSkating #Psy #ThatThat #YunaKim | Olympics | Facebook

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

60K views · 3.2K reactions | Oksana Grishuk & Evgeniy Platov, Olympics 1998, CD Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments | Facebook