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 first-ever medal at the ...

Lisa Vittozzi secured Italy’s first Olympic gold medal in biathlon, hitting all 20 targets in the 10-kilometer pursuit ...

Once a racer for Norway, Pinheiro Braathen switched to Brazil, his mother's home country. In winning the Olympic giant slalom on Saturday, he earned South America's first medal at a Winter Games.

German biathlete Selina Grotian has voiced disappointment about poor results at her first Olympics and the Games experience as a whole. "My first Olympic Games are over — and honestly, they were ...

At the time, athletes received silver medals for winning first place. The Olympics didn't introduce gold medals until 1904 ...