Everything is ready in Italy for the Winter Olympics. The opening ceremony will be held at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan, although some competitions already began on Wednesday in preliminary rounds, with an initial scare when the lights failed in the curling hall. The third Winter Games held in Italy so far have the home team fielding a large delegation hoping to win medals against traditional powerhouses like Austria, Germany, Norway, the United States, and Canada. These Games, still without the sanctioned Russia, are exploring a model with different venues throughout the Alps—never before have there been so many sub-venues and such a large territory—and with sports making their debut, all in an effort to create competitive and spectacular Winter Games in the context of climate change. However, unlike four years ago in China, the weather has cooperated, with heavy snowfall.