Winter Olympics: Day one

A luger goes past the corner where a wall has been added after the tragic death of Georgia's Nodal Kumaritashvili. The organisers also added padding to the steel columns around the track
Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters

Germany's Pascal Bodmer makes his trial jump prior to the first round of the ski jumping normal hill competition
Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP

A man takes photos of the finish area after both the men's downhill was postponed and women's training was cancelled due to poor weather conditions
Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP

Germany's Michael Uhrmann makes his first jump during the ski jumping normal hill competition
Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP

Qing Pang spins through the air after being thrown by her partner Jian Tong during a training session
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Spectators watch the ski jumping normal hill individual trial round
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US biathlete Jeremy Teela aims his rifle, whilst keeping an eye on the photographers, during a training session
Photograph: Jin-man Lee/AP

Switzerland's Simon Ammann celebrates as he lands and wins the men's ski jumping final to take the first gold medal of the Games
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Bengt Walden of the United States competes during the first run of the men's singles luge competition in Whistler
Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Athletes react after the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint at the Whistler Olympic Park
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Canada's Charles Hamelin leads while Japan's Jumpei Yoshizawa crashes during their men's 1500 meters short track speed skating heats
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Slovakia's goalkeeper Zuzana Tomcikova makes a save during the first period of their preliminary women's hockey game against Canada
Photograph: Shaun Best/Reuters

Children pay their respects at the memorial for Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia who died during a luge practice run
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A rescue worker hangs from a helicopter near the finish line after the men's downhill alpine skiing race was postponed
Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Shannon Bahrke of the USA enjoys the final of the freestyle moguls event in Cypress Mountain. She won the bronze medal
Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/EPA

Jung-Su Lee of South Korea leads Charles Hamelin of Canada, Apolo Anton Ohno of United States, and Nicola Rodigari of Italy in the men's 1500m short track semi-finals at Pacific Coliseum
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Olga Medvedtseva of Russia takes aim during the women's biathlon 7.5 km sprint
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Ian Cockerline of Canada competes during the luge men's singles
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Simon Ammann of Switzerland skids to a stop after a jump in the men's ski jumping normal hill final
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Kristi Richards of Canada competes in the women's freestyle skiing moguls final at Cypress Mountain Resort
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Ukraine's Oksana Khvostenko collapses during the women's 7.5km sprint biathlon
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