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Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins Olympic giant slalom gold
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BORMIO, Italy — 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.
With snow falling and fog settling in, the 25-year-old Pinheiro Braathen remained cool and relaxed as he navigated his way through the technical Stelvio course. After seeing his place – No. 1 – he fell to the snow before starting to scream.
He finished in a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 25 seconds. He beat Swiss racer Marco Odermatt, the defending Olympic champion, by 0.58 seconds. Odermatt's teammate, Loic Meillard, earned bronze.
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Men’s giant slalom: We are a few minutes away from the start of the second run. Brazil are on course for a first Winter Olympic medal (and a gold one at that) with Lucas Pinheiro Braathen leading by almost a second (!) after this morning’s run. He will take to the course last but those going first will have the most favourable snow conditions, so it’s all to play for!
Sweden fell three times in that race! Ebba Andersson went twice on the second leg and, in an attempt to get her a new ski, the Swedish technician also took a tumble. To come back and win silver will feel almost like gold for them.
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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen used to ski for Norway before switching to Brazil, the land of his mother
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen made history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.
Born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and Brazilian mother, Pinheiro Braathen won World Cup medals for the country of his birth before announcing his shock retirement in 2023 having lost his "joy of living".
Exactly a year to the day, having regained his love for skiing, he returned to the sport in the green and yellow of Brazil – wanting to honour his heritage on his mother's side.
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