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 Photograph: Jim Young/guardian.co.uk Germany's Pascal Bodmer makes his trial jump prior to the first round of the ski jumping normal hill competition Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP Photograph: Matthias Schrader/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Gero Breloer/guardian.co.uk Germany's Michael Uhrmann makes his first jump during the ski jumping normal hill competition Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP Photograph: Matthias Schrader/guardian.co.uk Qing Pang spins through the air after being thrown by her partner Jian Tong during a training session Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/guardian.co.uk Spectators watch the ski jumping normal hill individual trial round Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Photograph: Shaun Botterill/guardian.co.uk US biathlete Jeremy Teela aims his rifle, whilst keeping an eye on the photographers, during a training session Photograph: Jin-man Lee/AP Photograph: Jin-man Lee/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Don Emmert/guardian.co.uk Bengt Walden of the United States competes during the first run of the men's singles luge competition in Whistler Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP Photograph: Charlie Riedel/guardian.co.uk Athletes react after the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint at the Whistler Olympic Park Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Franck Fife/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: David Gray/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Shaun Best/guardian.co.uk Children pay their respects at the memorial for Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia who died during a luge practice run Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Photograph: Al Bello/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Mike Segar/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Hannibal Hanschke/guardian.co.uk 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 Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Photograph: Cameron Spencer/guardian.co.uk Olga Medvedtseva of Russia takes aim during the women's biathlon 7.5 km sprint Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/guardian.co.uk Ian Cockerline of Canada competes during the luge men's singles Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Photograph: Clive Mason/guardian.co.uk Simon Ammann of Switzerland skids to a stop after a jump in the men's ski jumping normal hill final Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Javier Soriano/guardian.co.uk Kristi Richards of Canada competes in the women's freestyle skiing moguls final at Cypress Mountain Resort Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Photograph: Jamie Squire/guardian.co.uk Ukraine's Oksana Khvostenko collapses during the women's 7.5km sprint biathlon Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/guardian.co.uk