Sotschi , 130214 , Adler , Olympiapark Sotschi im Bild: Das olympische Feuer der Winterspiele in Sotschi brennt Sochi Adler Olympic Park Sochi in Picture the Olympic Fire the Winter Games in Sochi burns

The Olympic flame is lit outside the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi at the end of the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on February 7, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN

TOPSHOTS Fireworks light the sky over the Fisht Olympic Stadium as the Olympic flame is lit at the end of the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS

Russian tennis player and Olympic medalist Maria Sharapova (L) gives the Olympic flame to world pole vault champion and mayor of the Olympic village Elena Isinbayeva (R) during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics at the Fisht Olympic Stadium on February 7, 2014 in Sochi. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL

A crowd watches the fireworks display after ice-hockey legend Wayne Gretzky used the Olympic flame to light the cauldron during the 2010 Winter Olympic opening ceremony in downtown Vancouver on February 12, 2010. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON

The Olympic flame is lit at the conclusion of the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics at BC Place on February 12, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. AFP PHOTO/Dimitar DILKOFF

Daniel Deschenes,one of the members of the design team from Bombardier, designer and manufacturer of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch, holds a Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch on October 20, 2009. Global train and plane manufacturer Bombardier, designer and manufacturer of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch, reached a milestone today with the completion of 6,000 of the 12,000 torches that will be used in the cross-Canada Olympic Torch Relay, in Montreal, Quebec. AFP PHOTO/ ROGERIO BARBOSA

The Olympic flame burns after the opening ceremony for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

The Olympic Rings frame the Olympic flame after it was lit at the end of the opening ceremony for the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Friday Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Stefania Belmondo of Italy, a three-time Olympic cross country gold medalist, lights the flame with the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Olympic flame glows after being lit during the opening ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

(NYT44) TURIN, Italy -- Feb. 10, 2006 -- OLY-OPEN-10 -- Fireworks are seen during the lighting of the Olympic flame, top background center, during the Opening Ceremony of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on Friday, February 10, 2006 at the Olympic Stadium in Turin, Italy. (Vincent Laforet/The New York Times) *LITE

Italy's Kristian Ghedina lights the brazier in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, as the Olympic flame reached this Italian Alps resort Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. The flame is planned to cover 11,300 kilometers (7,022 miles) throughout Italy involving 10,000 torchbearers, gondolas, a Ferrari sports car and a cavalry regiment before arriving in Turin for the opening ceremony on Feb. 10th. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

Italy's Kristian Ghedina, left, stands with Guido Caroli, who was the flag bearer at the Winter Games in Cortina 50 years ago, after lighting the brazier in Cortina d' Ampezzo, Italy, as the Olympic flame reached this Italian Alps resort Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006. The flame is planned to cover 11,300 kilometers (7,022 miles) throughout Italy involving 10,000 torchbearers, gondolas, a Ferrari sports car and a cavalry regiment before arriving in Turin for the opening ceremony on Feb. 10th. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP The Olympic Flame is lit 08 February 2002 during the opening ceremonies of the XIXth Winter Olympics at the Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt LAke City, Utah.

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/AFP PHOTO This is a close look at the 2002 Winter Olympic torch. The names of 7,000 people were announced as Olympic torch bearers for the 2002 Winter Olympics at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City, 04 October, 2001. The 2002 winter Olympics are 127 day away.

(FILES) This file picture dated February 6, 1198 shows former President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Juan Antonio Samaranch holding the Olympic torch after uniting the flames of three relay torches into one, following the arrival of the torch relay in Nagano. Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, died on April 21, 2010 in Barcelona after suffering from severe heart trouble. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI

French soccer team coach Michel Platini, left, and Francois-Cyrille Grange, 9, of France stand on the podium in the Olympic Stadium after Grange lit the Olympic torch, Saturday, Feb. 8, 1992 in Albertville, France, during opening ceremonies for the XVI Winter Olympic Games. Platini was the last Olympic torch runner. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway ignites the Olympic Flame during Opening Ceremonies for the XVII Winter Olympic Games, Feb. 12, 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon Magnus ignites the Olympic Flame at the opening ceremony of the XVII Winter Games at the Lysgardsbakkene ski arena in Lillehammer, Feb. 12, 1994. The flame will burn until the end of the Games. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)