Next to actually competing in the Olympics, the greatest thrill for many of the athletes is the march into the stadium during the opening ceremony.
The American team appeared to have a lot of fun and shared a lot of pictures on social media to prove it. Here are some of the best examples.
Aja Evans showed off the American uniform prior to the opening ceremony.
Opening Ceremony time! pic.twitter.com/UyUdUR1rPC
- Aja Evans (@AjaLEvans) February 7, 2014
The bobsled and figure skating teams had some fun while waiting to enter the stadium.
Bobsled selfie competition vs Figure Skating. We lost #Olympics #Sochi https://t.co/dOFimgxWoB
- Lolo Jones (@lolojones) February 7, 2014
Selfies everywhere.
Roomies!!! @GraceEGold! #Sochi2014 #GoTeamUSA ???????? pic.twitter.com/v2tHj58zT2
- Maia Shibutani (@MaiaShibutani) February 7, 2014
Especially during the march.
The roomies mid marching!! #OpeningCeremony #Sochi2014 #teamusa @BrittanyBowe @sugarmotion @hlynnrichardson pic.twitter.com/aFKNtQXh0o
- Mitch Whitmore (@WhitmoreUSA) February 7, 2014
Several of the athletes wanted to take a picture with Shaun White.
Ahhhh...This actually just happened!! @felicia_zhang #ShaunWhite pic.twitter.com/U3aiFUB4pG
- Jason Brown (@jasonbskates) February 7, 2014
White is defintiely the American celebrity in Sochi.
Look who I ran into at the Opening Sweatermonies! @shaun_white pic.twitter.com/yOMb0sEZtp
- Nick Goepper (@NickGoepper) February 7, 2014
Meanwhile, Shani Davis also attracted a crowd.
#wolfpack with @ShaniDavis @JazmineFenlator @JamieGreubel @LaurynCwilliams @AjaLEvans @lolojones pic.twitter.com/z84Z6ugXZd
- Elana Meyers (@eamslider24) February 7, 2014
As well as the Olympic mascots.
The mascots!! The bear liked sugar.. A lot #Sochi2014 #TeamUSA @sugarmotion pic.twitter.com/0pWA5aot6c
- Mitch Whitmore (@WhitmoreUSA) February 7, 2014
The athletes had a unique perspective of the ceremony.
Absolutely STUNNING! #Sochi2014 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/jdK7gh3C0C
- Maia Shibutani (@MaiaShibutani) February 7, 2014
Finally, here was the view from their seats following the march.
Inside look at the Olympics Opening Ceremonies!!! #GoTeamUSA pic.twitter.com/M4rcHrShMq
- Alyson Dudek (@alydudek) February 7, 2014