Sochi: After weeks of worry, a pretty smooth start to Olympics spectacle

(CNN) -- Amid international concerns about security, the Sochi Games completed the first day of contests Thursday with high excitement and -- equally important -- no major adverse incident.

After all the anxiety about a terror strike, controversy over gay rights and ridicule over poor preparations, the Winter Olympics commenced smoothly enough, as qualification events were held in the men's and women's slopestyle, women's moguls and team figure skating.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/06/world/europe/russia-sochi-winter-olympics/