A Russian soldier stands in front of Japan's Olympic athletes during a welcoming ceremony Monday for the team in the Athletes Village at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The Games start on Feb 7.
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sensei258
Win or lose, just come home safe.
DaveAllTogether
Perfect salute.
smithinjapan
Good luck, peeps! That goes for ALL athletes. And yeah, like sensei said, come home safe.
Kurobune
Ganbarre, Nippon ! Come home safe !
titaniumdioxide
Gay athletes beware! Russia is condemns your kinds.
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Badge213
Everyone paying respects, except the guy with the camera.
TrevorPeace1
Nice salute, but all things considered, how could they NOT welcome the teams?
nath
Confrontation of another kind. I wonder what the athletes and the soldier were thinking in their heads.
Deplore
I still don't understand all this attention paid to the Russian gay issue. Was this much scrutiny placed on China when they hosted the Olympics? I'd argue that the average Chinese person has less freedom and lives under a more totalitarian regime than the Russians do.