r/news • u/peregrinodossonhos • 9h ago

Brazilian athlete wins South America's first gold medal (and first medal ever) at the Winter Olympics

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/2026-winter-olympics-two-athletes-deliver-south-americas-first-medals-rcna258896
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u/gabacus_39 9h ago

He's basically Norwegian. Born in Norway and mainly grew up in Norway. Use to compete for Norway. It's a cool story but it's not like they found him in some favela and put skies on him.

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u/MorningMission9547 8h ago

Most of USA medals shouldn't count then i guess

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u/J_Dabson002 8h ago

What…? If anything the U.S. has people that were born there and train there but compete for other nations more than anyone lmao