In Pictures: Winter Olympic athletes and organisers make last-second preparations

Early morning sunlight breaks through the clouds behind the Olympic Cauldron ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday in Sochi, Russia. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images

A biathlon athlete practices ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center on Wednesday. Julian Finney / Getty Images

A man walks nect to the Olympic Cauldron at the Olympic Park on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. Jonatahan / Nackstrand / AFP

Alexey Voyevoda, a former Olympic bobsledder, who won silver in the 4-man bobsled in Turin in 2006, carries the Olympic torch as it makes it’s way throughout the streets of the Rosa Khutor ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on Wednesday. Gero Breloer / AP Photo

Krzysztof Plywaczyk of Poland takes part in a biathlon training session for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games at the “Laura” cross-country and biathlon centre in Rosa Khutor on Wednesday. Carlos Barria / Reuters

Sarah Reid of Canada makes a practice skeleton run ahead ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the Sanki Sliding Center on Wednesday in Sochi, Russia. Alex Livesey / Getty Images

Armin Zoeggeler of Italy in action during the Men’s Luge training session at the Sanki Sliding Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on Wednesday. Fredrik Von Erichsen / EPA

Municipal workers prepare to stencil Olympic symbols during an unofficial cross-country training session at the Laura Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon Centre in Rosa Khutor, near Sochi, on Wednesday. Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP

Edson Bindilatti, the driver of the BRA-1, Brazilian four-man bobsled team, has the track reflected in his goggles as he starts the teams training run at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday. Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo

Speedskaters train on ice at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Wednesday. Matt Dunham / AP Photo

Construction workers move scaffolding as last-minute work continues in construction of the Olympic Superstore in Olympic Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday. Robert F. Bukaty / AP Photo

Images of Winter Olympics athletes getting some of their final preparations in Sochi, Russia before Friday’s opening ceremonies.