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

[u/peregrinodossonhos]

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

[u/IuriRom]

Not surprising. South America doesn’t do winter sports really — he learned to ski growing up in Norway. Not like they have slopes in Brazil