Overview
- The main ceremony is staged at Milan’s San Siro with parallel nation parades in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Predazzo and Livigno, featuring two Olympic flames for the first time.
- Figure skating team events, women’s ice hockey and mixed doubles curling were already in progress ahead of the evening opening.
- Roughly 6,000 police and 2,000 military personnel are deployed for the opening, with officials also reporting Russian cyberattacks on Games locations.
- Authorities are investigating deliberate damage to showers and toilets in about 70 rooms at the Milan Olympic Village, discovered after a major water leak.
- A norovirus outbreak within Finland’s women’s ice hockey team forced the postponement of its group game against Canada to next Thursday.