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CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — For Breezy Johnson, the road to an Olympic gold medal was similar to the winning downhill run she turned in Sunday: It was full of jarring bumps that nearly knocked her off course, but not off target.
There was the knee injury here in Cortina during a training crash that ultimately kept the American competing in the 2022 Beijing Games. There was the 14-month ban for violating “whereabouts” rules when it comes to testing for doping.
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She kept a hard-charging attitude and that was on display in Cortina on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash and trip to a hospital. The 30-year-old Johnson joins Vonn, 41, as the only American women to win the Olympic downhill.
United States' Breezy Johnson celebrates winning the gold medal in the alpine ski women's downhill r
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