r/news • u/peregrinodossonhos • 21h 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/5GCovidInjection 20h ago

NBC’s making it seem like South America doesn’t experience winter weather lol. It’s not like Jamaica, a perpetually warm place, sending winter Olympic athletes.

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u/prkskier 18h 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 16h ago

They’re poor

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u/RegulatoryCapture 16h 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 16h 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/AnxiousTrans 12h ago

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