The 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic games are underway ahead of Friday's opening ceremony.
Events got kicked off on Wednesday with mixed curling matches. Canada is taking on the Czech Republic, Sweden is going up against South Korea, Estonia faces off against Switzerland and Great Britain is battling Norway.
It's certainly an exciting day when the Olympics kick off, but that excitement turned into uncertainty just five minutes into the match as there was a power outage at the curling arena.
🔌⚡️ POWER OUTAGE AT THE CURLING ARENA!
— Mitch Goldich 🐙 (@mitchgoldich) February 4, 2026
Play had stopped 5 minutes into Olympic competition. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/HcrpqzxCzS
It was only a brief outage; the lights came back on quickly at the arena and play was able to resume.
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But it was certainly an inauspicious start to the Olympic proceedings in Italy.
As for the United States, their mixed curling matches will begin on Thursday. Coverage of the matches can be viewed on Peacock and USA.
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Why Olympic-Opening Curling Matches Were Delayed After Just Five Minutes.
