{"id":64399,"date":"2026-02-08T12:47:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/skier-breezy-johnson-wins-team-usas-first-gold-medal-of-milano-cortina-games-in-womens-downhill-race-were-lindsey-vonn-crashed\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:47:32","slug":"skier-breezy-johnson-wins-team-usas-first-gold-medal-of-milano-cortina-games-in-womens-downhill-race-were-lindsey-vonn-crashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/skier-breezy-johnson-wins-team-usas-first-gold-medal-of-milano-cortina-games-in-womens-downhill-race-were-lindsey-vonn-crashed\/","title":{"rendered":"Skier Breezy Johnson wins Team USA&#8217;s first gold medal of Milano Cortina Games in women&#8217;s downhill race were Lindsey Vonn crashed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>American skier Breezy Johnson won Team USA&#8217;s first gold medal of the Milano Cortina Winter Games in the women&#8217;s downhill, a bittersweet victory after teammate <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lindsey-vonn-downhill-milano-cortina\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lindsey Vonn crashed out<\/a><\/span> during the race.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, 30, was the sixth runner and the first of four American skiers down the course on Saturday and took the lead early on after flying down the iconic Olympia delle Tofana course on a sunny day in Cortina in 1:36.10. It is her first-ever Olympic medal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/b8183f1f-392d-48a1-a556-6e9a9023d198\/thumbnail\/620x412\/9b25a6f7649d270083d31137d6568040\/gettyimages-2259966300.jpg#\" alt=\"Alpine Skiing - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Day 2 \" height=\"412\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/b8183f1f-392d-48a1-a556-6e9a9023d198\/thumbnail\/620x412\/9b25a6f7649d270083d31137d6568040\/gettyimages-2259966300.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/08\/b8183f1f-392d-48a1-a556-6e9a9023d198\/thumbnail\/1240x824\/1dc53c79a2cf5514d8fe4d5f3f4a2afa\/gettyimages-2259966300.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Breezy Johnson of Team USA in action during the Women&#8217;s Downhill at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Christophe Pallot \/ Agence Zoom \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emma Aicher of Germany and Sofia Goggia of Italy rounded up the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is the second American woman to ever win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, the first being Vonn at the 2010 Vancouver Games.<\/p>\n<p>Vonn crashed just 13.4 seconds into her downhill run. She lost control over the opening traverse after cutting the line too tightly and was spun around in the air. She was heard screaming out after the crash as she was surrounded by medical personnel before she was strapped to a gurney and flown away by a helicopter, possibly ending the skier&#8217;s storied career.<\/p>\n<p>Vonn&#8217;s &#8220;right ski pole snagged a gate, jerking her off balance and out of control. She was airlifted from the mountain, a common practice for injuries during alpine competition,&#8221; Team USA said.<\/p>\n<p>The other Americans in the race \u2014 Jacqueline Wiles and Isabella Wright \u2014 finished in 5th and 21st places, respectively.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/haley-ott\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Haley  Ott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/breezy-johnson-team-usa-gold-medal-milano-cortina-womens-downhill-lindsey-vonn\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American skier Breezy Johnson won Team USA&#8217;s first gold medal of the Milano Cortina Winter Games in the women&#8217;s downhill,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2166],"class_list":["post-64399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-olympics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skier Breezy Johnson wins Team USA&#039;s first gold medal of Milano Cortina Games in women&#039;s downhill race were Lindsey Vonn crashed - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Breezy Johnson took the lead early on after flying down the mountain in 1:36.10. 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