"Curling fans, rejoice! It is only fitting that the one sport played every single day of the Winter Olympics is the one that opens proceedings at Milano Cortina. Dubbed chess on ice, curling may not have the brute force of ice hockey or the airtime of snowboarding, but it is a huge test in precision, patience and handling pressure. Enter mixed doubles, which has its own subplot straight out of a romcom, with husband-and-wife pairings representing Norway, Canada and Switzerland."
"In the much-lower stakes rematch, Dodds and Mouat saw out a 8-6 victory to give Team GB a winning start to their Olympics. The Scottish pair looked unfazed by the early challenge of Nedregotten and Skaslien. Team GB led 43 at the break, were pegged back shortly after, but then seized the initiative in the sixth end when Dodds produced a superb shot to win three points."
"Four minutes into play, all four games came to a halt owing to a power outage at the Olympic Ice Stadium in Cortina, which was built for the 1956 Games. Officials briefly paused the matches after the lights dimmed and flickered but the lights came back on shortly after. I didn't mind the lights going off, joked Mouat. It was a bit of a boogie, a rave it"
Curling opened the Milano Cortina Olympics, with mixed doubles offering rapid, tactical play and husband-and-wife pairings among competitors. Team GB's Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat defeated Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten 8-6 in a rematch of the Beijing 2022 semi-final. Team GB led 4-3 at the break, were briefly pegged back, then secured a pivotal three-point sixth end after Dodds produced a superb shot. Norway narrowed the gap using the power play, but Mouat and Dodds sealed victory in the final end. Estonia made a curling debut but lost 9-7 after an extra end to Switzerland. A brief power outage halted four games early on.
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