Australians wanting to catch the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Games had to set their alarms for an early start today but those willing to rise early were well rewarded.
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Bobsleigh racer Marvin Dixon of the Jamaica Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Biathlete Milanko Petrovic of the Serbia Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Bobsledder Hanna Emilie Marien of the Belgium Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Bobsleigh racer Dawid Kupczyk of the Poland Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
The Canada Olympic team enters the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium. Picture: Getty
Cross country skier Gary di Silvestri of the Dominica Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Cross country skier Roberto Carcelen of the Peru Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Cross country skier Tucker Murphy of the Bermuda Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Curler Lene Nielsen of the Denmark Olympic team carries her countrys flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Figure skater Alper Ucar of the Turkey Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Figure skater Deividas Stagniunas of the Lithuania Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Figure skater Michael Christian Martinez of the Philippines Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
hort track speed skater Pan-To Barton Lui of the Hong Kong Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Ice hockey player Zdeno Chara of the Slovakia Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Ice hockey player Zdeno Chara of the Slovakia Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony. Picture: Getty
Kseniya Grigoreva of the Uzbekistan Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Luger Bruno Banani of the Tonga Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Members of the France Olympic team enter during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium. Picture: Getty
Nordic combined skier Mario Stecher of the Austria Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Peter Crooks of the British Virgin Islands Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Russian and Olympic Flags fly side by side at the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Picture: Getty
The Japanese Olympic team waves to the crowd during the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Adam Lamhamedi of the Morocco Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Aksel Lund Svindal of the Norway Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Antonio Pardo of the Venezuela Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Conor Lyne of the Ireland Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium. Picture: Getty
Skier Dow Travers of the Cayman Islands Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki of the Iran Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Jasmine Campbell of the US Virgin Islands Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Kanes Sucharitakul of the Thailand Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Mireia Gutierrez of the Andorra Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Nino Tsiklauri of the Georgia Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Skier Zana Novakovic of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Snowboarder Alex Pullin of the Australia Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
South Korea Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Speed skater Ching-Yang Sung of the Chinese Taipei Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Speed skater Kyou Hyuk Lee of the South Korea Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
Speed skater Kyou Hyuk Lee of the South Korea Olympic team carries his country's flag during the Opening Ceremony. Picture: Getty
The Great Britain team enter the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium. Picture: Getty
The Japanese team walk in during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
The South Korea Olympic team enters the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
The United States Olympic team enters the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium. Picture: Getty
The United States Olympic team enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Fisht Olympic Stadium.. Picture: Getty
Valentina Shevchenko of the Ukraine Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.. Picture: Getty
Valentina Shevchenko of the Ukraine Olympic team carries her country's flag during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Picture: Getty
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