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.

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. The race isn’t official yet,

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen was all over the place. He twirled, hopped, and tossed samba steps on the ground repeatedly, letting pure joy take over even without music.

It was the first-ever medal at the Winter Games for any country in South America. And not just any medal: Gold. The win for the 25-year-old known in Brazil as “O cara do ski” — the skiing dude — happened on the first full day of Carnival,

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen gave Brazil their first-ever medal in a Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 14 when he won gold in the men's giant slalom Braathen beat out Marco Odermatt of Switzerland, who was the favorite to win gold,

Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen held his nerve to win the men's giant slalom in Bormio on Saturday for South America's first ever gold in the Winter Olympics.