"When I meet someone new (in Brazil) it's always this mindblowing moment and it always sparks a very interesting conversation, Pinheiro Braathen said with a smile in a recent interview with The Associated Press in Milan. And funny enough, I actually think it's those interactions that maybe prove the most how fulfilling it is for me to represent Brazil in something like skiing because it just shows me how foreign it is. So that's really fun."
"I simply try to capitalize off of that pressure and channel it into my performance because, yes, it makes the days leading into the competition extremely challenging because you know you have something greater to live up to rather than just the possibility of a great result, Pinheiro Braathen said. But it is exactly that that enables you to become the version of yourself where you can beat every si"
Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has a Brazilian mother and a Norwegian father and previously raced for Norway. He abruptly retired on the eve of the 2023 season, then returned a year later representing Brazil. He won the 2023 World Cup slalom title and became the first Brazilian to finish on a World Cup podium and to claim a World Cup victory under the Brazilian flag while adding to five victories achieved for Norway. He encounters disbelief in Brazil when people learn he represents the country, which he finds fulfilling. He channels the heightened pressure into performance ahead of the Winter Olympics, where a medal would mark a first for Brazil and South America.
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