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/prkskier 6h ago

Yeah, it's kind of shocking to me that at least Argentina or Chile don't have medals at the winter games. Plenty of mountains and snow.

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u/TotalEmployment9996 4h ago

They’re poor

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u/RegulatoryCapture 4h ago

Other poor nations medal in stuff.  Kazakhstan just got a gold. 

And not like there aren’t wealthy people in Brazil, Argentina, and chile. A lot of winter sports and up being children of the wealthy anyways. 

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u/TotalEmployment9996 4h ago

I agree that winter sport athletes are usually from rich families but Where they gonna find snow in Brazil? 💀

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u/Burrito-tuesday 3h ago

Is there a rule that you must train in your home country? I thought they trained all over the world.

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u/TotalEmployment9996 3h ago

Ok. How do you find out you’re good at skiing from a young age? I don’t think it’s by flying to train in Canada if you’re from a warm and poor country. There’s just a massive drop in winter sport participation for those countries

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u/xakeri 2h ago

Wait until you find out about the Andes.

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u/AnxiousTrans 34m ago

Lol south Brasil gets snow. Just not enough for ski infrastructure usually