With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another reason to celebrate — an Olympic medal. It was the first-ever medal at the Winter Games for any country in South America. And not just any medal: Gold.
Braathen won Brazil’s first-ever Winter Games medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen said it was "absolutely impossible" to try and convey his emotions after his big win
Brazil danced after winning their first Winter Olympics gold medal while Canada is still trying to win their first.
BORMIO, Italy (AP) — Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom Saturday and earn South America’s first medal at a Winter Games. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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Brazil's Braathen wins South America's first ever Winter Olympic gold
Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen held his nerve to win the men's giant slalom in Bormio on Saturday for South America's first ever gold in the Winter Olympics. The best previous individual Winter Olympic result for a South American athlete was Brazil's Isabel Clark Ribeiro,
MILAN (AP) — Brazilian snowboarder Pat Burgener feels complete when he combines his love of the halfpipe with his passion for music. The 31-year-old competed for Switzerland, where he was born and raised,
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led the way as Brazil saluted skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen who won the nation's first ever medal, a gold, at the Winter Olympics. Lula said on X that Braathen's giant slalom triumph in Bormio,
There is something surreal, and thus wonderfully Olympic, about seeing Brazil step onto the highest podium at the Winter Games. The country of samba, Copacabana beaches, and football lived as
Lucas Pinheiro Braathan achieved a historic milestone by winning Brazil's first-ever Winter Olympic medal on Saturday, February 14.
Once a racer for Norway, Pinheiro Braathen switched to Brazil, his mother's home country. In winning the Olympic giant slalom on Saturday, he earned South America's first medal at a Winter Games.
From gold medal triumphs to proposals to the lovable mascots, here were our favorite parts of the Milan-Cortina Games.
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