Olympics 2014: EW's Sochi Opening Ceremony Awards

The Olympic ring on the far right just had to be a special snowflake.

This momentary high five/double thumbs up confusion between Shaun White and a polar bear.

Team USA! Some of the U.S. athletes referred to the festivities as the Opening Sweatermony.

Team Germany

Antonio Pardo, 43, Venezuela's sole athlete in Sochi, is also its best skipper.

Cayman Islands

Mexican skier Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg is 55 years old and competing in his sixth Olympics. He'll be wearing this outfit. He's also a pop singer and a prince. He's already won.

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Norway

Alpine skier Tina Weirather

Oh, now you wanna dance, now that Russia is about to come out.

Actual Russian architecture

Our 11-year-old tour guide, Liza Temnikova, was injured as some point rehearsing for the ceremony. This scene?

It was the most dramatic wave we'll ever see.

This pizza bagel pogo ball seemed fun. (Runner-up: scurrying teapot.)

The avant-garde Russian Revolution segment set to ''Time, Forward!'' (Runner-up: Whatever music was played during the Olympic sport constellation star show.)

Hipster dance party

The ''Dove of Peace'' performed to Swan Lake, which is apparently teeming with jellyfish.

Yulia Volkova and Lena Katina of t.A.T.u.

The animal kingdom

Former pairs figure skater Irina Rodnina and hockey star Vladislav Tretiak, who've each won three Olympic gold medals, had a long way to jog to light the cauldron after inheriting the torch from medal-winning rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabayeva (who's allegedly romancing Russian President Vladimir Putin).