Torchbearers Zhao Jiawen and Dinigeer Yilamujiang hold the torch with the Olympic flame, during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games 2022 at the National Stadium in Beijing, China.
Dinigeer Yilamujiang is a 20-year-old cross-country skier, born in Altai in the western Xinjiang region, from a Uyghur Muslim minority. Zhao Jiawen, a 21-year-old who competes in Nordic combined, finished the torch relay whose final runners were Chinese Olympians from recent decades.