Two-time Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Yelena Posevina during the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346350
Badminton player and the 2012 Olympics medal winner Valeria Sorokina, left, and two-time Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Yelena Posevina during the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346345
Nizhny Novgorod Region Deputy Governor and government deputy head, Dmitry Svatkovsky, and torchbearer Margarita Balashova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346344
Nizhny Novgorod Region Deputy Governor and government deputy head, Dmitry Svatkovsky, and torchbearer Margarita Balashova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346338
Nizhny Novgorod Region Deputy Governor and government deputy head, Dmitry Svatkovsky, and torchbearer Margarita Balashova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346336
Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Valery Shantsev, 3rd right, and two-time Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Yelena Posevina during the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346335
Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Valery Shantsev, left, and two-time Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Yelena Posevina during the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346333
Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Valery Shantsev and two-time Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Yelena Posevina during the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346331
Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Valery Shantsev and two-time Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Yelena Posevina during the Olympic cauldron lighting ceremony on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346327
Nizhny Novgorod Region's Minister of Sports and Youth Policy, Viktor Kharitonov, left, and two-time Olympic biathlon champion Nikolai Kruglov during the Olympic flame handover on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346326
Nizhny Novgorod Region's Minister of Sports and Youth Policy, Viktor Kharitonov, left, and two-time Olympic biathlon champion Nikolai Kruglov during the Olympic flame handover on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.09.01.2014#2346325
Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Nikolai Kruglov during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346324
Torchbearer Olga Kostyukova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346322
Nizhny Novgorod Region Deputy Governor and government deputy head, Dmitry Svatkovsky, and torchbearer Sabina Mikhailova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346316
Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Nikolai Kruglov during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346315
City residents greet participants of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346314
Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Nikolai Kruglov during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346313
Nizhny Novgorod Region Deputy Governor and government deputy head, Dmitry Svatkovsky, and torchbearer Margarita Balashova during the Olympic flame handover on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346312
First vice president of the Russian Sports Journalists Federation, Lev Rossoshik, during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346283
Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Irina Belova during the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346281
Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Irina Belova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346279
Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Irina Belova during Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346278
Olympic rhythmic gymnastics champion Irina Belova and torchbearer Artyom Khlynov during the Olympic flame handover on Day 2 of the Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346277
Volunteer Denis Sotnikov makes a proposal to his fiancee Anna Yegoozova during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346275
Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics Irina Belova during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346274
Locals welcoming participants of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346269
Instructing torchbearers at a rally point during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346268
Olympic torches at a rally point during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346267
Russian and US actor and athlete Oleg Taktarov during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346265
Torchbearers Mikhail Zaitsev and Irina Abakarova while passing the Olympic Torch during the second day of the relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346264
Torchbearer Vladimir Khrychyov at the Novgorod Kremlin's wall during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346263
Russian and US actor and athlete Oleg Taktarov while passing the Olympic Torch during the second day of the relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346262
Russian and US actor and athlete Oleg Taktarov during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346261
Russian and US actor and athlete Oleg Taktarov during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346260
Torchbearers Vladimir Krychyov and Galina Klochkova while passing the Olympic Torch during the second day of the relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346259
Russian and US actor and athlete Oleg Taktarov, centre, and the flame keepers during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346258
Torchbearers Yelizaveta Zubakina and Vladimir Khrychyov at the Novgorod Kremlin's walls while passing the Olympic Torch during the second day of the relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346256
Torchbearers Vladimir Chelomin and Galina Klochkova at the Monument to Minin and Pozharsky on the National Unity Square while passing the Olympic Torch during the second day of the relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346255
Vladimir Galuzin, Andrei Osipenko, Maxim Potapov, Mikhail Presnyakov, and Vitaly Koval, from left to right, during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346253
Torchbearers of Torpedo Ice Hockey Club Maxim Potapov and Andrei Osipenko, from right to left, foreground, during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346252
Lev Rossoshik, First Vice President of the Russian Federation of Sports Journalists, during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346251
A torchbearer performs an honour lap onboard the Khivus - 10 hovercraft in the waters of the River Volga during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346250
Alexander Tabachnikov, medalist of the Transatlantic Race - 2012, an honour lap onboard the Khivus - 10 amphibious hovercraft in the waters of the River Volga during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346249
Russian gymnast and Olympic and world champion Darya Shkurikhina during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346248
Russian gymnast and Olympic and world champion Darya Shkurikhina, right, while passing the Olympic Torch during the second day of the relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346247
Russian gymnast and Olympic and world champion darya Shkurikhina during the seconda day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346246
A torchbearer performing an honour lap onboard a hovercraft in the waters of the River Volga during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346245
Torchbearers while passing the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch during the relay's second day in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346244
Alexander Tabachnikov, medalist of the Transatlantic Race - 2012, performing an honour lap onboard a hovercraft in the waters of the River Volga during the second day of the Sochi - 2014 Olympic Torch relay in Nizhny Novgorod.08.01.2014#2346243
