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2. Fellow figure skaters Gracie Gold and Alex Shibutani are... enthused?

3. It's time to get \"[s]toked\" for snowboarders Chas Guldemond and Sage Kotsenburg. Also, #Merica.

4. How's the track looking this morning, luger Matt Mortensen?

Track is looking awesome this morning at the #SankiSlidingCenter #usaluge #armywcap @NBCOlympics @USOlympic pic.twitter.com/b0BNFWsC86

— Matt Mortensen (@MattMortensen_) February 7, 2014

5. Cross country skier Ida Sargent poses a question.

Stadium panorama! Does it get any better than this? pic.twitter.com/LDjgvtojMS

— Ida Sargent (@idasargent) February 7, 2014

6. Mmmm! Skier Torin Yater-Wallace is all over the Games' perks. He's lovin' it.

Best part of the Olympic village #freemacD's!! pic.twitter.com/Efp7ciHpF3

— Torin Yater-Wallace (@TorinWallace) February 7, 2014

7. Meanwhile, figure skater Polina Edmunds is psyched about the free Samsung phones athletes received. Psyched enough to share a selfie.

Testing out the camera on the Samsung Galaxy they gave us! pic.twitter.com/9eD86XvOcj

— Polina Edmunds (@PolinaEdmunds) February 7, 2014

8. Members of the United States' women's ice hockey team, including Megan Bozek, were also beaming.

9. Over on the slopes, skier Sophie Caldwell spent some time under the sun with teammate Ida Sargent and a member of the skiers' support.

Nice day for a ski. Not a bad backdrop either! #Sochi2014 @idasargent @randygibbs pic.twitter.com/TJfWaNJ0vJ

— Sophie Caldwell (@dophed) February 7, 2014

10. Curler John Landsteiner couldn't get enough of the weather either.

It's a beautiful day in Sochi! Getting excited for the opening ceremonies! #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/GthjjxiX4d

— John Landsteiner (@jlandsteiner) February 7, 2014

11. It was a perfect day for sporting it up, tweeted hockey player Hilary Knight.

Heading to practice. Best part of the day! #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/CKuE6qh9qL

— Hilary Knight (@Hilary_Knight) February 7, 2014

12. Skier Nick Goepper had some strong views about practice.

Practice was ghood today.

— Nick Goepper (@NickGoepper) February 7, 2014

13. And despite tweet upon tweet about journalists' hotel woes, speed skater Heather Richardson made herself at home.

14. Fellow speed skater Jonathan Garcia was chilling in the Olympic Village, too.

Hangin out in the Village, good weather for Opening Ceremonies tonight! #TeamUSA #Sochi2014 #olympicvillage pic.twitter.com/xFLOsk2ryg

— Jonathan Garcia (@jagarcia23) February 7, 2014

15. The picturesque surroundings caught freestyle skier Emily Cook's eye.

16. Opening ceremony time! There's a #sweaterparty, and skier Joss Christensen is invited.

All dressed up for opening ceremonies! This is going to be crazy. I'm so excited. #sochiselfie #sweaterparty pic.twitter.com/BnYZRgc0gv

— Joss Christensen (@josschristensen) February 7, 2014

17. Luger Aidan Kelly and teammates are all suited up, too. Let the Games begin!

Oh we're ready. #Olympics2014 #OpeningCeremony #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/fZQJjOeVZb

— Aidan Kelly (@AidanKellyUSA) February 7, 2014
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