'Fun day' for Olympic champion Braathen in giant slalom win

The Norwegian-born Braathen, who claimed South America's first ever Winter Olympic gold medal, led after the first leg in Slovenia and delivered another solid run to beat Swiss skier Loic Meillard by 0.54 seconds. Austria's Stefan Brennsteiner was 0.80sec back in third place and admitted that the sunny slopes were like "Brazilian weather" - something that went well with Braathen's finish area samba. "The sun was out, spring is springing, the fans gave me amazing energy as per usual and I just felt like it today...