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Lucas Pinheiro made the clutches of history for Brazil by winning his country’s first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.
Born in Oslo to a Norwegian father and a Brazilian mother, Pinheiro Braaten won World Cup medals for the country of his birth before announcing his surprise retirement in 2023 after losing “the joy of living.”
Exactly a year later, having regained his love of skating, he returned to the sport wearing the green and yellow of Brazil, wanting to honor his heritage on his mother’s side.
In snowy conditions in Bormio, he produced a brilliant display on the Stelvio piste to beat Swiss great Marco Odermatt to take gold by 0.58 seconds, while Odermatt’s teammate Loic Millard took bronze.
The gold medal also marked the first medal won by any South American country at the Winter Games.
In a race featuring 81 starters from 62 countries – including Madagascar, Eritrea and Kenya – Pinheiro Brathen held a 0.95-second lead over Odermatt after the first run, with only seven skiers within two seconds of his pace.
Odermatt, the defending Olympic champion, put pressure on the Brazilian in the fiery second round, but a mere accident would have deprived Pinheiro Braathen of climbing the podium as he maintained his nerve in light of the bad weather conditions.
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