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

4.1K views · 365 reactions | 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 | Facebook

356K views · 1.8K reactions | North and South Korea came together under a unified flag during the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies as their leaders shook hands | NowThis | Facebook

17K 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

Oksana Grishuk & Evgeniy Platov, Olympics 1998, CD Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments

278K views · 7.1K reactions | Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz, Olympics 1998, FD Music: Riverdance (soundtrack) Credit: YT Mintaka Alnilam | Figure Skating Moments | Facebook

58K views · 1.9K reactions | Surya Bonaly, Olympic 1998. SP Born 15 December 1973 She is a three-time World silver medalist (1993–1995), a five-time European champion (1991–1995), the 1991 World Junior Champion, and a nine-time French national champion (1989–1997). Bonaly is the only Olympic figure skater to land a backflip on only one blade; she performed it at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. | Figure Skating Moments | Facebook