The Winter Olympics truly went global on Saturday when a Brazilian won the men's alpine skiing giant slalom - and a 17-year-old finished 60th for Thailand. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who used to compete for Norway before switching to his mother's nation,

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom and earn South America’s first medal at a Winter Games.

South America is on the medal table.