US EditionChasing Brazil's first Alpine skiing World Cup win, Pinheiro Braathen leads slalom after 1st run
- On Sunday, Lucas Pinheiro Braathen took a commanding lead at Levi with an all-attacking first run on the Levi Black course, positioning Brazil for a first-ever World Cup success.
- After switching allegiance from Norway, Braathen returned to competition for Brazil following a fall-out with the Norwegian Ski Federation and a year-long break from the World Cup circuit.
- He held narrow but telling margins, finishing 0.41 seconds ahead of 2022 Olympic champion Clement Noel and 0.49 ahead of former Norwegian teammate Timon Haugan, while Henrik Kristoffersen and Loic Meillard trailed by more than eight-tenths.
- Braathen turned his lead into Brazil's first World Cup victory at Levi on Sunday, and after the Brazilian anthem played he received the traditional Levi prize and gained national attention.
- His win could boost Winter
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It is also notable outside the races, and meanwhile has won his first special slalom since he competes for Brazil
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Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won this Sunday the title of the category slalom in the second stage of the world Cup of Alpine Scotch, held in Levi, Finland. Lucas created 1min50s72 in the summary of the two batteries. He is the first Brazilian to win the world stage. With the title untitled to the country, Lucas also received as a prize a queen, a tradition of competition, delivered to the winner by Pope Noel. The typical animal in that region of Finl…
The first technical events of the 2025-2026 World Cup season were won by the American Mikaela Shiffrin on Saturday and Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen on Sunday. Best Swiss result: eighth place for Wendy HoldenerBrazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won Sunday's first winter slalom in Levi, Finland, giving Brazil the first victory in its history in the Ski World Cup. Braathen, who had won five races until 2023 for Norway before choosing to represe…
At the Alpine Skiing World Cup stage in Levi, Brazilian Lucas Pinheiro Braaten (1:50.72) won first place in the men's slalom, ahead of Frenchman Clementi Noel (+0.31) and Finn Eduard Hallberg (+0.57).
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