59K views · 745 reactions | 25 years ago at the Opening Ceremony of Nagano 1998, sumo grand champion Yokozuna Akebono performed ‘dohyo-iri’, the ceremonial entrance into the ring, to welcome the start of the Olympic Winter Games. #Nagano98 | Olympics | Facebook

We can achieve anything when we come together. With lanterns in hand, singing and swaying to the popular Japanese children's folk song, 'Furusato', the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games officially came to a close 25 years ago. #Nagano98 | #OnThisDay | Olympics

18K views · 346 reactions | At the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, Team USA and NYC first responders presented an American flag recovered from Ground Zero.  (h/t @TeamUSA) | CBS Sports | Facebook

Tatiana Malinina, Olympics 1998, FS Born 28 January 1973 Is a Russian-Uzbekistani retired figure skater who competed for Uzbekistan. She is the 1999 Grand Prix Final champion, the 1999 Four Continents champion, a two-time (1998, 2001) NHK Trophy champion, and a ten-time (1993–2002) Uzbek national champion. Malinina competed at ten consecutive World Championships beginning in 1993. She finished 8th at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Malinina was born on 28 January 1973 in Novosibirsk,

37K views · 719 reactions | Tatiana Malinina, Olympics 1998, SP Born...

93K views · 2.2K reactions | Irina Slutskaya, Olympics 1998, FS Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments | Facebook