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Mouat and Dodds get Team GB off to winning start By Richard Winton BBC Sport in Cortina Published 32 minutes ago Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds overcame a power cut and the loss of the first end to get Team GB's Winter Olympics off to a winning start in the mixed doubles curling against Norway. The Scottish duo, who are considered serious medal contenders in this event, cut relaxed figures inside the quirky, partially-wooden Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Italy, which was built for the 1956 Games. Even the loss of light in parts of the venue during an ugly opening end didn't discomfit last year's world silver medallists, who took three in the second end and would never trail again in the first of their nine round-robin matches. Mouat and Dodds ultimately won 8-6 to right the wrongs of the 2022 semi-final, in which they spurned a lead to lose to the Norwegian pair before going on to be beaten by Sweden in the bronze-medal match. And it sets them up nicely for Thursday's ties against Estonia (09:05 GMT) and the Czech Republic (18:05) - both of whom lost their openers - live across the BBC. Winter Olympics day-by-day guide Published 3 hours ago 'Don't be afraid of being different, it's your superpower' Published 1 day ago How does curling work? Published 4 hours ago Team GB duo shine under disco lights The pounding music and disco lights lent a sense of occasion to the first action of this year's Games in the high-end Italian resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo. The snow which had hammered down all day in the Dolomites had turned to sleet by the time the four matches started in front of a healthy crowd inside the 3,500-capacity arena. But many of those spectators were cast into darkness for four or five minutes early on until someone put some change in the meter, the scoring screens flickered back into life and play resumed. "I didn't mind the lights going off," said Mouat. "It was a bit of a boogie, a rave... it was like a nightclub." When the dancing stopped, Norway's husband...