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Lucas Braathen writes history in Bormio, Alex Vinatzer grounded

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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen writes history on the Stelvio in Bormio at the 20206 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. The 25-year-old Brazilian won the gold medal in the men&#8217s giant slalom, giving Brazil its first-ever medal at the Winter Olympics. After clearing the field in the first run, the South American class of 2000 chased in the second run before finishing ahead of everyone, edging out Switzerland&#8217s Marco Odermatt, second with a 58-cent delay, and the other Swiss Loic Meillard, on the lowest step of the podium.

Luca GiorgettiLindsey Vonn, tremendous fall and end of Olympic dream in Cortina: photos

Lindsey Vonn falls after very few seconds in the downhill on the Tofane Olympia at Milan-Cortina 2026.
So ends the attempt to rewrite history by the champion. Astonished audience.
The race is immediately stopped after the fall of the American champion.
She closes in tears the dream of winning an Olympic medal at 41 years old.

Vonn aimed to overtake compatriot Breezy Johnson, in the lead up to that point.
Started with bib 13, she chooses a very high line at the'entrance of the first crossbar.
He hits a goal with his right shoulder, loses his balance and falls ruinously.

The'impact takes place on the'Olympia of the Tofane, a track where he had already triumphed twelve times in his career.
The screams of pain of the champion break the silence of Cortina.

In previous days she had revealed the complete rupture of the cruciate ligament in Crans Montana.
The'injury had occurred in the'last World Cup race before the Olympics.
The first responders arrive immediately on the track after the fall.
Vonn is immobilized and loaded onto the toboggan by rescuers.
The'helicopter transports away the American champion from the Tofane.

“I don&#8220t know what to say, a Brazilian Olympic champion in alpine skiing the words to the microphones of Rai Sport after the triumph -. I can&#8217t believe it: in the first run I was solid, in the second I felt I wasn&#8217t fast and I was chasing. Brazil’s first Olympic gold? It doesn&#8221t matter which nations you come from or the color of your skin, if you believe in something you can do it. Anything is possible”

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For Italy, regret remains for the fall of Alex Vinatzer, who ended up on the ground after recording the best time in the first sector. The only Italian in the standings was Giovanni Franzoni, who finished in 24th place: “It didn&#8217t go as I hoped, now I&#8217m exhausted: I can&#8217t wait to go home and take two weeks off. I am on the edge, when I am tired I struggle to ski with the right timing. I am happy with how the Olympics went, now I need a break”.

On Sunday, Feb. 15, it will be the women’s turn in the giant slalom, the penultimate Olympic women’s skiing event on the Cortina slope. It starts at 10 a.m. with the first run then, the second at 1:30 p.m.: for Italy at the start Federica Brignone, Sofia Goggia, Lara Della Mea and Asja Zenere.

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