Brazil's first Winter Olympics gold is about much more than the medal

With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another ...

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen Wins First Winter Olympic Gold for Brazil in Giant Slalom

Braathen won Brazil’s first-ever Winter Games medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Brazilian skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins South America's first-ever Winter Olympics medal

Another Brazilian athlete, Nicole Rocha Silveira, could earn another medal on Saturday when she races in the women's skeleton ...
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Brazilian Olympic champion Braathen is his own man - and Norway's loss

Brazilian showman Lucas Pinheiro Braathen bagged South America's first-ever Winter Olympic medal on Saturday, his giant slalom victory capping a dream for the self-proclaimed individualist. Braathen ...

Brazil's Pinheiro Braathen wins gold, and South America's first Winter Olympics medal

Once a racer for Norway, Pinheiro Braathen switched to Brazil, his mother's home country. In winning the Olympic giant slalom ...

An Olympics of Firsts: Brazil and Kazakhstan Claim Surprise Golds

A Brazilian skier secured South America’s maiden medal at a Winter Games the day after a Kazakh figure skater won his nation’s first gold in 32 years.