What The Opening Ceremony Looked Like From The Athletes' Point Of View

Next to actually competing in the Olympics, the greatest thrill for many of the athletes is the march into the stadium during the opening ceremony.

The American team appeared to have a lot of fun and shared a lot of pictures on social media to prove it. Here are some of the best examples.

Aja Evans showed off the American uniform prior to the opening ceremony.

Opening Ceremony time! pic.twitter.com/UyUdUR1rPC

— Aja Evans (@AjaLEvans) February 7, 2014

The bobsled and figure skating teams had some fun while waiting to enter the stadium.

Bobsled selfie competition vs Figure Skating. We lost #Olympics#Sochihttps://t.co/dOFimgxWoB

— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) February 7, 2014

Selfies everywhere.

Roomies!!! @GraceEGold! #Sochi2014#GoTeamUSA❤️💙🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/v2tHj58zT2

— Maia Shibutani (@MaiaShibutani) February 7, 2014

Especially during the march.

The roomies mid marching!! #OpeningCeremony#Sochi2014#teamusa@BrittanyBowe@sugarmotion@hlynnrichardsonpic.twitter.com/aFKNtQXh0o

— Mitch Whitmore (@WhitmoreUSA) February 7, 2014

Several of the athletes wanted to take a picture with Shaun White.

Ahhhh...This actually just happened!! @felicia_zhang#ShaunWhitepic.twitter.com/U3aiFUB4pG

— Jason Brown (@jasonbskates) February 7, 2014

White is defintiely the American celebrity in Sochi.

Look who I ran into at the Opening Sweatermonies! @shaun_whitepic.twitter.com/yOMb0sEZtp

— Nick Goepper (@NickGoepper) February 7, 2014

Meanwhile, Shani Davis also attracted a crowd.

#wolfpack with @ShaniDavis@JazmineFenlator@JamieGreubel@LaurynCwilliams@AjaLEvans@lolojonespic.twitter.com/z84Z6ugXZd

— Elana Meyers (@eamslider24) February 7, 2014

As well as the Olympic mascots.

The mascots!! The bear liked sugar.. A lot #Sochi2014#TeamUSA@sugarmotionpic.twitter.com/0pWA5aot6c

— Mitch Whitmore (@WhitmoreUSA) February 7, 2014

The athletes had a unique perspective of the ceremony.

Absolutely STUNNING! #Sochi2014#OpeningCeremonypic.twitter.com/jdK7gh3C0C

— Maia Shibutani (@MaiaShibutani) February 7, 2014

Finally, here was the view from their seats following the march.

Inside look at the Olympics Opening Ceremonies!!! #GoTeamUSApic.twitter.com/M4rcHrShMq

— Alyson Dudek (@alydudek) February 7, 2014

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