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Concerns around press freedom in China have been raised on the first day of the Winter Olympics after an international journalist was manhandled by a security guard while attempting to speak on camera.
China's move to thrust a young Uyghur athlete into the spotlight at the climax of the Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony placed her at the centre of long-time controversy over rights abuses in Xinjiang. Dinigeer Yilamujiang, a 20-year-old cross-country skier, trained for years to fulfil every child's dream to star at the Olympics. But her prominent, smiling appearance as the final Olympic torch-bearer on Friday at the "Bird's Nest" national stadium in front of thousands of spectators and across global television screens had clear political overtones.
Therese Johaug, the Norwegian cross-country skier who served an 18-month doping ban, has won the first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee has defended having an Uyghur athlete light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
An incident involving a Dutch reporter in the middle of a live broadcast who was dragged away by Chinese security officials at the Winter Olympics was an isolated event, according to the International Olympic Committee.
A skier born in Xinjiang, one of the two final torch bearers at the Olympics opening ceremony, was not picked because of where she comes from according to the IOC.
By Philip O'Connor, Karolos Grohmann and Mari Saito
BEIJING : Norway nabbed the first gold medal of the Winter Games on Saturday as the politics dominating the Beijing Olympics began to make room for the snowy feats of the world's best athletes.