As of: March 8, 2024, 5:07 a.m
By: Korbinian Kothny, Christoph Wutz
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Ski star Lucas Braathen is making his comeback.
However, the 23-year-old Norwegian will no longer drive for his home country in the future.
Update from Thursday, March 7th, 11:43 a.m.:
At a press event, ski superstar Lucas Braathen explained the reasons for his comeback in more detail.
After his retirement in October, it was “difficult” to “wake up every day without the will to become the best in my sport.” The comeback wishes of many fans and colleagues “overwhelmed” him, said the son of a Brazilian mother.
With Brazil, Braathen wants to “represent the country where I discovered my love for sport” and thus be a source of inspiration, especially for children.
Ski superstar Braathen announces comeback – and will ski for Brazil in the future
First report from Thursday, March 7th, 10:05 a.m.:
Munich – Lucas Braathen is back.
The slalom ace announced his comeback to the ski circuit - not for Norway, but for Brazil.
“I feel joy and love.
“It means a lot to me to represent Brazil and my country in a new sport, it’s something very big for me,” the 23-year-old told Brazilian media outlet
Globo
.
Braathen resigns after dispute with association
The son of a Norwegian and a Brazilian, whose full name is Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, resigned in tears last October in a dispute with the Norwegian association.
On Thursday, the ski star will give a press conference where he will explain his decision.
Braathen is considered one of the most talented goal runners in the scene and already has five World Cup victories to his name, including the classics in Wengen 2022 and Adelboden 2023 (both Switzerland).
Last season he won the Slalom World Cup.
Ski star Lucas Braathen is making his comeback.
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Braathen wants to bring Brazilian culture to the slopes
“The most important thing for me is to bring Brazilian culture, dancing and feelings into the sport,” said Braathen.
He wants to show the ski circuit “that you can be different and still be one of the best.
I want to show that sport is for everyone.”
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The Norwegian had already thought out loud about a comeback in a Krone
interview in January during the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel
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“I'm still a bit unsure at the moment, but I'm very open about my future.
“I want to do what makes me happiest,” he said at the time.
Less than two months later, it's skiing that still makes him “happiest”... (
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