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

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

66K views · 78 shares | #OnThisDay we celebrated the Opening Ceremonies for both the Nagano 1998 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games ! #StrongerTogether | 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

93K views · 2.2K reactions | Irina Slutskaya, Olympics 1998, FS Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments | Facebook

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