Estonia has sent a total of 32 competitors, 16 women and 16 men, to the ongoing Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy, but 100 years ago when the games were yet young, things were much more modest.

Two veterans of Estonia's Olympic team are to carry the national flag at the Winter Games opening in Milan-Cortina, Italy, on Friday.

MILAN (AP) — An Olympic figure skater’s coach remains banned from the Milan Cortina Winter Games while he is investigated for “physical and psychological abuse” alleged by his former athlete, sport’s highest court said Thursday.

Facing Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa in Sunday's second match, the U.S. fell into an early hole, losing the first end 3-0. Thiesse and Dropkin tied the match by taking the second end 3-0, but Sweden went back on top with a 1-0 win in the third end.

Canada suffered its second loss in mixed doubles curling at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday, 7-5 to Great Britain. Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat took a fast 3-0 lead on Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman of Chestermere, Alta. in the first end, and never relinquished it in the round-robin win.

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Thanks to a thrilling 7-6 Italy victory over USA in the last round robin match on Monday morning, those same two teams – ranked second and third – will battle again at the 1956 Olympic Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio, renamed the Cortina Olympic Curling Stadium.

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It was unclear what caused the brief blip as players joked and killed time before the lights came on and action resumed.

Here are the top five things to watch Sunday (on the Italian side):