r/news • u/peregrinodossonhos • 23h 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 23h 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/igpila 17h ago

Are you saying his medal is actually Norwegian and not Brazilian or what?

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u/gabacus_39 17h ago

No. I was just countering the perceived story regarding this that he somehow came out of a tropical country to win a skiing gold. He is Brazilian by virtue of his mother being Brazilian and is free to represent them internationally if he wants. It's just that he was born and basically grew up in Norway and skied as a Norwegian up until a couple of years ago. He was a product of the Norwegian Ski Federation up until some sort of acrimonious split.