Skier Breezy Johnson wins Staff USA’s first gold medal of Milano Cortina Video games in girls’s downhill race have been Lindsey Vonn crashed

American skier Breezy Johnson gained Staff USA’s first gold medal of the Milano Cortina Winter Video games within the girls’s downhill, a bittersweet victory after teammate Lindsey Vonn crashed out through the race.

Johnson, 30, was the sixth runner and the primary of 4 American skiers down the course on Saturday and took the lead early on after flying down the long-lasting Olympia delle Tofana course on a sunny day in Cortina in 1:36.10. It’s her first-ever Olympic medal.

Emma Aicher of Germany and Sofia Goggia of Italy rounded up the rostrum.

Johnson is the second American girl to ever win the Olympic gold medal in downhill snowboarding, the primary being Vonn on the 2010 Vancouver Video games.

Vonn crashed simply 13.4 seconds into her downhill run. She misplaced management over the opening traverse after chopping the road too tightly and was spun round within the air. She was heard screaming out after the crash as she was surrounded by medical personnel earlier than she was strapped to a gurney and flown away by a helicopter, probably ending the skier’s storied profession.

Vonn’s “proper ski pole snagged a gate, jerking her off stability and uncontrolled. She was airlifted from the mountain, a typical follow for accidents throughout alpine competitors,” Staff USA stated.

The opposite Individuals within the race — Jacqueline Wiles and Isabella Wright — completed in fifth and twenty first locations, respectively.

Johnson was visibly moved as she obtained her medal and the nationwide anthem was performed.