Brazil's first Winter Olympics gold is about much more than the medal

With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another ...

Germany pained by slide in Olympic medals table and status as team with most fourth places

Germany lamented a slide down the Olympic medals table from four years ago and an unwanted status at the Milano Cortina Games on Saturday as the team with the most fourth-placed finishes.
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Brazil’s first Winter Games gold is about much more than the medal

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With Brazil entering the joyous throes of Carnival, Alpine ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Saturday gave it another reason to celebrate — an Olympic medal. It was the ...
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Brazil's first Winter Olympics gold is about much more than the medal

The win for the 25-year-old known in Brazil as “O cara do ski” — the skiing dude — happened on the first full day of Carnival, the pre-Lenten party that fills city streets with revelers drinking and ...