LIGHT AND MOTION: A rollerblading entertainer creates a blur of light along with dozens of others during the opening ceremony. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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AWASH IN COLOR: BC Place Stadium, the first indoor venue to host a Winter Olympics opening or closing ceremony, is awash in color on Friday night. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
INTO THE LIGHT: Performers enter the stadium during the opening ceremony. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
MOURNING: The Georgian delegation participated in Friday's opening ceremony wearing black armbands as they mourned their missing teammate, Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, who died in a horrifying crash during a luge training run barely eight hours earlier. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
TRAGEDY: A woman looks at a memorial for Nodar Kumaritashvili. On a morning training run, Kumaritashvili, 21, of the Republic of Georgia, lost control of his sled at about 80 mph as he came out of the final curve and slammed into an unpadded roof support post. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
MEMORIAL IN WHISTLER VILLAGE: Just hours before the caldron was lighted to mark the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21 died during a practice run on the world's fastest luge track. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
LIGHTS FANTASTIC: A woman and thousands of other spectators hold electric candles during the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
ROOM WITH A VIEW: Judges peer through windows during the Ski Jumping Individual Qualification Round at Whistler Olympic Park. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
ALL TOGETHER NOW: It's not a synchronized event, but South Korean speedskaters practice at the Richmond Olympic Oval. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)