From The Sports Desk: South America Breaks 102-year Drought - Beritaja

Hello from Milan and Cortina, wherever Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won golden successful the men’s elephantine slalom, making history for each of South America. Plus, American Jordan Stolz continued his march toward perchance winning 4 speedskating medals astatine these Games.

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Live from Milan Cortina

In Jordan Stolz’s quest for 4 speedskating golden medals astatine these Olympics, he was expected to look his toughest trial coming successful the 500-meter final. In his pair, Stolz was matched pinch the Netherlands’ Jenning de Boo, 1 of his apical competitors.

It didn’t matter.

Stolz sprinted to a clip of 33.77 seconds, and de Boo ended up 0.11 seconds behind.

After they crossed the decorativeness line, de Boo slipped and slid into a boundary. He sat connected the crystal arsenic Stolz took a thigh and waved to the crowd.

Stolz is now 2 for 2 astatine these Games. A fewer days ago, he won gold and group an Olympic grounds astatine the 1,000-meter final. He will title successful the 1500-meter last and the wide commencement arena adjacent week.

Jordan Stolz competes during the men's speedskating 500-meter race.Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images

Also: Team USA men’s lucky overcame an early shortage and yet overpowered Denmark, winning 6-3.

On the slopes, Jaelin Kauf became the about dressed up mogul skier successful U.S. Olympic history coming erstwhile she took 2nd successful the debut of dual moguls to Australia’s Jakara Anthony. It was the 3rd Olympic metallic badge of Kauf’s career, and she wasn’t the only American to medal, arsenic Liz Lemley took bronze. Lemley had won the individual moguls golden badge conscionable days earlier.

Yesterday, successful men’s curling, a shouting lucifer erupted aft Team Sweden accused Canada of cheating for allegedly rubbing the chromatic aft it’d been released. World Curling issued a verbal informing to Team Canada “regarding the connection used” arsenic it defended itself.

Athlete Spotlight

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Team Brazil celebrates during the men's elephantine slalom.Christian Petersen / Getty Images

When it came to earning medals astatine the Winter Olympics, athletes from South American countries had gone 0 for 102 years.

Until Saturday.

After Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil won the men’s elephantine slalom, he said he hoped the triumph would “inspire immoderate kids retired location that, contempt what they wear, contempt really they look, contempt wherever they travel from, they could travel their ain dreams and beryllium who they really are. Because that is the existent root of happiness successful life.”

Pinheiro Braathen grew up successful Oslo, Norway, to a Norwegian begetter and a Brazilian mother. He skied for Norway until he retired 3 years agone astatine 23. But aft taking a travel to Brazil to decompress, he came distant resolved to return to competitory skiing while representing his mother’s location country. It turned retired to beryllium a historical decision.

“I’m not moreover capable to grasp reality, arsenic I guidelines present correct now,” he said aft winning his first Olympic medal. “I americium conscionable trying to get immoderate benignant of emotion present and construe it into words, moreover though it’s perfectly impossible.”

Behind the scenes

Marius Lindvik of Team Norway during the men's normal elevation individual proceedings information connected Monday.Alex Pantling / Getty Images

Broadcasting these Winter Olympics requires much than 800 cameras, but 25 person stolen the show successful Milan Cortina, successful particular.

Welcome to the drone Olympics, wherever 25 drones — including 15 “first-person-view” drones — are providing bird’s-eye views of skiers, speedskaters, lugers and more, footage that has drawn rave reviews from fans and immoderate athletes. Pilots specified arsenic Jelmer Poelsma, a 26-year-old who has been flying drones for 11 years, person go arsenic celebrated arsenic immoderate athletes. Like the remainder of the pilots who run 15 “first-person-view” drones, Poelsma wears goggles while sitting adjacent to a spotter who ensures the drone ne'er gets excessively adjacent to the athletes.

“There is nary room for error,” Poelsma said.

The drones are specialized for the athletics they cover; those utilized successful Alpine skiing could alert up to 75 mph. For safety, they must beryllium flown down aliases to the broadside of competitors. Swapping batteries requires a speedy alteration that 1 broadcast executive likened to an F1 pit stop. Drones person been utilized successful Olympic sum since 2014, but their expanded usage successful Italy stemmed from organizers’ desire to seizure the attraction of casual sports fans they opportunity dress up half the viewing audience.

“We usage a technological innovation,” said Yiannis Exarchos, the CEO of Olympic Broadcasting Services, “only if it adds to the communicative that we’re telling.”

Photo of the day

Jordan Stolz celebrates aft winning golden successful the men's speedskating 500-meter race.Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty Images

When to watch

Mikaela Shiffrin looks to rebound aft a disappointing tally earlier successful the Games erstwhile she competes successful women’s elephantine slalom. Erin Jackson looks to take sides her title successful the 500 meters, competing against the Dutch duo of Jutta Leerdam and Femke Kok among others. Elana Meyers Taylor, the about dressed up female bobsledder and Black Winter Olympian ever, will officially compete successful her 5th Olympics erstwhile she takes portion successful women’s monobob.

All times are successful Eastern, and an asterisk signifies a badge event:

Sunday, Feb. 15

• 3:05 a.m.: Curling, men’s round-robin (USA vs. Sweden, Germany vs. Great Britain, Norway vs. Italy)
• 4 a.m.: Alpine skiing, women’s elephantine slalom tally 1
• 4 a.m.: Bobsled, women’s monobob power 1
• 4:30 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s dual moguls 1/16 finals
• 5 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s dual moguls 1/8 finals
• 5:15 a.m.: Biathlon, men’s 12.5km pursuit
• 5:20 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s dual moguls quarterfinals
• 5:35 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s dual moguls semifinals
• 5:46 a.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s dual moguls finals*
• 5:50 a.m.: Bobsled, women’s monobob power 2
• 6 a.m.: Cross-country skiing, men’s 4x7.5km relay*
• 6:10 a.m.: Men’s hockey, Switzerland vs. Czechia
• 7:30 a.m.: Alpine skiing, women’s elephantine slalom tally 2*
• 7:45 a.m.: Snowboarding, mixed squad transverse quarterfinals
• 8:05 a.m.: Curling, women’s round-robin (Japan vs. Korea, Denmark vs. Italy, Great Britain vs. Sweden, USA vs. China)
• 8:15 a.m.: Snowboarding, mixed squad transverse semifinals
• 8:35 a.m.: Snowboarding, mixed squad transverse finals*
• 8:45 a.m.: Biathlon, women’s 10km pursuit
• 10 a.m.: Speedskating, men’s squad pursuit quarterfinals
• 10:40 a.m.: Men’s hockey, Canada vs. France
• 11:03 a.m.: Speedskating, women’s 500 meters*
• 12 p.m.: Skeleton, mixed team*
• 12:45 p.m.: Ski jumping, women’s ample elevation individual information 1
• 1:05 p.m.: Curling, men’s round-robin (China vs. Canada, USA vs. Norway, Italy vs. Czechia, Great Britain vs. Switzerland)
• 1:30 p.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s freeski large aerial qualification 1
• 1:45 p.m.: Figure skating, brace skating short program
• 1:57 p.m.: Ski jumping, women’s ample elevation individual last round*
• 2:15 p.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s freeski large aerial qualification 2
• 3 p.m.: Freestyle skiing, men’s freeski large aerial qualification 3
• 3:10 p.m.: Men’s hockey, USA vs. Germany
• That’s it for now! We’ll beryllium backmost tomorrow.