Milan [Italy], February 5: The official opening ceremony is only on Friday, but the competition has already kicked off at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Wednesday's scheduled included the first alpine skiing training session and the start of the round robin in the curling mixed doubles - which was affected by a technical glitch.
During the first matches, the lights suddenly went out at the Cortina Curling Olympic stadium and the electronic scoreboard also had issues.
There was confusion among the athletes, who looked at each other questioningly.
Two female curlers passed the time by mimicking an air guitar with their brooms.
When the lights came back on after about five minutes, the spectators applauded, and the curling teams responded with laughter.
The stadium in the winter sports resort was originally built in 1955 for the Winter Games the following year.
Cochran-Siegle tops downhill training, Moller crashes Beijing 2022 super-g silver medallist Ryan Cochran-Siegle was the fastest on Wednesday in the first official men's downhill training, clocking 1 minute 56.08 seconds.
Top favourite Marco Odermatt of Switzerland was third, while team-mate Franjo von Allmen, who the last World Cup downhill before the Olympics in Crans-Montana, was seventh.
Source: Qatar Tribune
