Thai skier hails 'mega experience' in Olympic race won by Brazilian

The Winter Olympics truly went global on Saturday when a Brazilian won the men's alpine skiing giant slalom - and a ...

How this 40-something Thai airline pilot almost slid into the Winter Olympics

The last thing veteran Thair Airways pilot Piyapong Wongpiyakaul expected to be doing at 46 years of age was racing to be in ...

Brazil's Pinheiro Braathen wins gold, and South America's first Winter Olympics medal

Once a racer for Norway, Pinheiro Braathen switched to Brazil, his mother's home country. In winning the Olympic giant slalom ...

Olympics-Thailand's Chanloung cross-country siblings return home for 2026 Winter Games

By Andrea Mandala MILAN, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Karen and Mark Chanloung grew up in the Italian Alps where winter sports are a way of life and children are on skis almost as soon as they can stand. At the ...

Everything you want to know about the Winter Olympics but are too afraid to ask

With just over a week to go, The Athletic answers 21 questions on the weird and wonderful events of the Milano Cortina ...

The Most Incredible Streak in Winter Olympics History Is Finally Over

South America is on the medal table.
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From Drexel to the Olympics: The Legacy of Thailand’s First Winter Olympian

Prawat Nagvajara, PhD, plans to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of his 2006 Olympics the same way he celebrated the 20 th anniversary of his 2002 Olympics: watching the Games at home. The ...

Olympics-biathlon-visit to Thai paradise prepared Preuss for final Olympic fling

By Philip O'Connor ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Worn down physically and mentally in 2023, Germany's Franziska Preuss traded the cold and snow of biathlon for the beaches of Thailand where she ...