Facts
_The Olympic Symbol is five rings blended together to show the alliance of five continents - Oceania, Africa, America, Europe and Asia.
Every nation in the world has at least one of the five ring colours blue, yellow, black, green or red in their national flag. The white back ground creates the Olympic flag.
_The Olympic motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius” which means “Faster, Higher, Stronger” in Latin.
During the Opening ceremonies one athletes recites the Olympic Oath on behalf of the other competitors.
At the Sochi Winter Olympics 88 countries will be represented.
The Sochi Olympic torch traveled 64,856 kilometers which has been the longest trip for the torch to date.
The Sochi torch relay, had a total of 1,400 torch bearers and was the first to go into space. Two Astronauts took it to the International Space Station.