A Uyghur athlete representing China at the Winter Games in Beijing has quietly slipped away from the spotlight after finishing 43rd in her cross-country skiathon debut on Saturday. Twenty-year-old Dinigeer Yilamujiang \- the competition’s only Uyghur athlete – had been put under the spotlight by Chinese authorities, who stand accused of human rights abuses against the Muslim minority group ,which Yilamujiang comes from. Yilamujiang lit the Olympic flame at the event’s opening ceremony, sparking accusations that China was politicising the event. Beijing has faced widespread criticism over its a…