Skier Breezy Johnson Wins Team USA’s First Medal at the 2026 Olympics. And It’s Gold.

When Breezy Johnson greeted a group of reporters near the finish line at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Sunday afternoon, she did something unusual: Johnson pulled the gold medal she had just won in the Olympic downhill competition, America’s first medal of these Milano Cortina Games, out of her pocket. Johnson, 30, had jumped up and down so hard on the podium that it fell out of its usual position, dangling from one’s neck. 

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