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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 02: Rebeca Andrade of Team Brazil poses with her women's all-around silver and vault gold medals during on day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre on ...

BORMIO, Italy — There was dancing, plenty of dancing, for Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen as he performed samba steps over and over. To no real music, either. There were emotions, too, ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 ...

Supporters of Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen react at the Brazil House as he wins the men's giant slalom at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio ...