BEIJING (Reuters) – A snowflake instead of a huge cauldron and a “micro-flame” in place of a roaring fire at the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics were an “innovation” celebrating the human spirit, the ceremony’s director said on Saturday. Fans watching the climactic moment of Friday’s start of the Beijing 2022 Games were left wondering where the usually dramatic burst of flame was, when the final torchbearers placed the lit torch on a large snowflake-shaped metal structure without any further ignition and it was lifted into the air. The faint flame reflected unity and the original aspi…