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 ...

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.

Following his parents' divorce when he was 3 years old, Pinheiro Braathen lived with his mother in Brazil before moving to ...

Another Brazilian athlete, Nicole Rocha Silveira, could earn another medal on Saturday when she races in the women's skeleton ...

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom and earn South America's first medal at a Winter Games.

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen makes history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.

TESERO, Italy (AP) — Less than a month after Brazil won its first medal at the Winter Olympics, the tropical nation claimed its first piece of hardware at the Winter Paralympics. Cristian Westemaier ...

Brazilian skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history Saturday at the 2026 Winter Olympics For the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics, an athlete from South America has heard their anthem ...

Winter Olympics history was made on Saturday, February 14, when Brazilian alpine skier Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won gold in ...

Brazil has long been a powerhouse in the World Cup and Summer Olympics, leading with its "Samba Army," but it has had no presence in the Winter Olympics. This is unsurprising, as Brazil is a tropical ...

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen enters the Winter Olympics as a legitimate medal contender in Alpine skiing, with a chance to become ...