Breezy Johnson claimed Olympic gold in the blue riband women's downhill ski race on Sunday which was overshadowed by a heavy crash for her American team-mate Lindsey Vonn. Johnson, 30, has never won a World Cup race but she added the Olympic gold to the world title she won last year,

Breezy Johnson became the second American woman ever to win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing Sunday, hours after the first person to accomplish the feat, Lindsey Vonn, crashed violently on the famed Tofane course.

Ask someone in Sun Valley if Breanna Johnson is skiing on Baldy and you might get a funny look – they know her as Breezy. And now, much of the world knows her name too, as Johnson won Olympic gold in one of the Winter Games' highest profile events – the Women’s Downhill.

But her pride was mingled with pain after teammate Lindsey Vonn crashed heavily and was flown to hospital. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Johnson's win came during the same event where her teammate Lindsey Vonn crashed just 13 seconds into her race

Breezy Johnson won Olympic gold on Sunday, attacking so fearlessly that she managed to overcome getting off her line on a series of turns in the middle of the course. Johnson’s winning margin over second-place Emma Aicher of Germany was just four-hundredths of a second — 1:36.

Breezy Johnson earned her first World Cup downhill podium in more than one year.

Lindsey Vonn’s crash in the women’s downhill couldn’t help but overshadow teammate Breezy Johnson’s feat of winning the United States’ first gold medal at these Games.

USA's Breezy Johnson wins the women's downhill gold medal, the same alpine skiing event in which her compatriot Lindsey Vonn suffered a heartbreaking crash in, to win her first Winter Olympics title at Milan-Cortina 2026.

Breezy Johnson finished on top of the alpine skiing women's downhill on Sunday at the 2026 Winter Olympics. It's the first gold medal for Team USA.