Breezy Johnson proved Sunday that she is a threat in the downhill. Johnson picked up one of Team USA's two gold medals at the 2026 Olympics — so far — in the event, beating Emma Aicher of Germany by just just four-hundredths of a second.

Breezy Johnson took the lead early on after flying down the mountain in 1:36.10. It is her first-ever Olympic medal.

U.S. downhill skier Breezy Johnson thought her Olympic dreams were dashed in 2022 when she injured her knee in a crash just weeks before the Beijing Games.

It’s Day 4 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with nine medals being handed out today. U.S. star Mikaela Shiffrin finished outside the medals in the women's Alpine skiing team combined despite Breezy Johnson going fastest in this morning's downhill.

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Four years after Breezy Johnson crashed while training at Cortina and ended her hopes of competing in the 2022 Winter Games, the American skier reclaimed the narrative on this iconic slope with a gold medal in the 2026 Olympic downhill race.

To date, at least two European athletes have also broken their medals. In a moment captured on German TV that subsequently went viral, biathlete Justus Strelow suddenly realized as he danced with teammates that the mixed relay bronze he'd won on Sunday had detached from the ribbon around his neck and clattered to the floor.

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. Ukraine's skeleton racer continues to wear helmet with war dead despite IOC ban Ukraine's skeleton racer and flag bearer Vladyslav Heraskevych was seen wearing his helmet honoring athletes from his country who were killed during the war with Russia in training this afternoon,

Olympic gold medalist Breezy Johnson overcame injuries and adversity to win downhill gold at Milano Cortina, cementing her place in alpine skiing history.

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.

Two-Time World Champion skiers Breezy Johnson returned from a previous PCL injury in her knee to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The big story over the weekend at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi was Lindsey Vonn’s crash in the women’s downhill on Sunday. For Vonn, her Olympic experience in Milan was not supposed to end this way after