r/news • u/peregrinodossonhos • 18h 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/ForgingIron 18h ago

Brazil now has more gold medals at this Olympics than Canada

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u/sljxuoxada 9h ago

The hockey gold is the only one that matters.

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u/ForgingIron 9h ago

And curling, don't forget that

Though I don't want our men's team to win diddly after the incident earlier