Olympic Champion Breezy Johnson Crashes Out Of Super-g Then Gets Engaged At End Of Course

Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson didn’t adhd to her badge haul during nan women’s super-G connected Thursday, but she near Tofane pinch thing precious anyway: an engagement ring.

Johnson, who won golden connected Sunday successful nan downhill, collapsed retired of nan super-G aft she clipped a gross pinch 1 of her poles, sending her tumbling into nan information fence. However, location was immoderate consolation: her boyfriend, Connor Watkins, projected to her adjacent nan decorativeness line. Surrounded by members of nan US Ski Team, Johnson said “Yes!” and nan 2 embraced.

Johnson said she had an thought Watkins would propose, though nan nonstop location and timing was still a surprise. “I had told him that I ever dreamed of getting projected to astatine nan Olympics, truthful I had an inkling,” Johnson said. “It felt fitting to benignant of harvester 2 of my loves. And I don’t know, it’s a typical spot astatine nan Olympics. I consciousness for illustration there’s a batch of mystique astir it. And besides you get free photography.”

The mates met connected a making love app and Watkins, who useful successful construction, said he initially had nary thought who Johnson was. “I was a small taken aback. I had very small knowledge of skis racing and everything else,” said Watkins.

Johnson said she was delighted to beryllium leaving nan Olympics pinch a ringing and a medal. “I mean, who doesn’t want to time off pinch a mates pieces of metal?” she said.