There was a brief delay in the opening curling matches at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.

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Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin are 4-0 at the mixed doubles tournament and earned a visit from NBC's most famous correspondent.

Lights flickered during the first competition of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Wednesday. The curling competition eventually resumed, prompting cheers from fans.

The 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics kicked off Wednesday, as eight countries took the ice for mixed doubles curling. Team USA's debut, however, would have to wait until Thursday, when it took on Norway, which won the silver medal in mixed doubles at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner won mixed doubles in 2022, giving Italy its first Olympic curling championship. Constantini is from Cortina, so she and Mosaner will draw huge crowds as they try to win gold at home.

When the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games come around every four years, there are many sports which compete to grab the attention of viewers around the world. However, there is one in particular that seems to capture the hearts and minds of many every time: curling.

The official first match of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics has been embroiled in controversy. In the curling mixed doubles round-robin first match between South Korea and Sweden, which took place in the early hours of the 5th (Korean time),

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The 2026 Winter Olympics opened competition Wednesday night with the first curling matches on the schedule in Cortina only for the action to come to a brief halt because of a power outage.

Southborough native Korey Dropkin, who trained at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, teamed with Cory Thiesse to earn a pair of wins at the Olympics Thursday.