Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won gold in the giant slalom in Milan-Cortina, becoming the first athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics for Brazil.
Braathen completed the two descents in 2 minutes and 25 seconds (1'13"92 in the first and 1'11"08 in the second), 58 hundredths ahead of Switzerland's Marco Odermatt, considered the favourite to win this category, who won the silver medal. Loïc Meillard, also from Switzerland, finished third in the giant slalom.
