: Absence of statement is not statement of absence... you can't use "this website didn't say this" to disprove "that website said this". 
 That said, I haven't seen any evidence of a "kick" - the Xinhua source (official Chinese news agency) talks about the injury in her right leg - which is a pre-existing injury (she doesn't have a right leg, in case anyone didn't notice). The scratches she probably received from that idiot who was trying to wrestle the torch from her.  (Talk)