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 first-ever medal at the Winter Games for any country in South America.

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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen became the first ever Winter Olympics gold-medal winner from South America in the men's giant slalom on Saturday.

MILAN (AP) — Dutch short track speedskating star Jens van ’t Wout can taste victory. Van 't Wout, who has a gold tooth because of a skating accident seven years ago, won his second Olympic gold medal on Saturday night.

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen became the first South American to win a Winter Olympics medal after he earned gold during Saturday's men's giant slalom. The 25-year-old Pinheiro Braathen, who is ranked second in the world in slalom and giant slalom, recorded a combined time of 2:25.00, 0.58 better than 2022 gold medalist Marco Odermatt to win the event.

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Breezy Johnson​ and her fiancé talks about the lead up to their engagement at 2026 Milano Cortina and a congratulations from Taylor Swift.

This time, Janine Flock finished the job. And a gold medal finally sways from her neck. Flock — the Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the world championships — got,