Breezy Johnson Gets Engaged At Winter Olympics After Boyfriend Proposes At Finish Line

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MILAN — Four days aft Breezy Johnson’s Winter Olympics began pinch skiing’s downhill golden medal, nan American prima added a caller portion of jewelry.

An engagement ring.

Johnson’s boyfriend, Connor Watkins, projected astatine nan guidelines of nan super-G tally successful Cortina D’Ampezzo connected Thursday and Johnson tearfully accepted.

Wearing a USA jacket, Watkins dropped to a knee successful nan decorativeness area surrounded by skiers and competitors from different countries, and raised a metallic ringing pinch a bluish gem astatine its center. Johnson put a manus to her sunglasses while becoming visibly emotional. After saying yes, Watkins stood and kissed Johnson arsenic U.S. teammates and officials cheered.

The engagement came connected a time of mixed emotions for Johnson. More than an hr earlier Watkins proposed, Johnson, 30, collapsed during nan super-G final. She was 1 of much than a twelve skiers who did not decorativeness aft either crashing aliases skiing disconnected nan course.

In 2022, Johnson came retired arsenic bisexual, posting connected societal media that she “wanted to beryllium unfastened astir who I am.”

Watkins has shouted connected Johnson from Cortina, including being successful nan stands for her golden badge Sunday successful nan women’s downhill, erstwhile Johnson joined Lindsey Vonn, successful 2010, arsenic nan only American female to triumph nan event.

Johnson missed retired connected a 2nd badge successful nan squad mixed arena connected Tuesday. Though she vanished first successful nan downhill portion, her teammate Mikaela Shiffrin struggled successful nan slalom and they vanished fourth.