2014 Paralympic Winter Games - Opening Ceremony [Getty Images]

SOCHI, RUSSIA - MARCH 07: (L-R) Thomas Bach the President of the International Olympic Committee and Vladimir Putin the President of Russia share a joke the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games at Fisht Olympic Stadium on March 7, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Ian Walton/Getty Images)

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