Alpine skiing-US skier Breezy Johnson wins women's world downhill gold

Alpine Skiing - FIS Alpine World Ski Championships - Women's Downhill - Saalbach, Austria - February 8, 2025 Breezy Johnson of the U.S. reacts REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

SAALBACH, Austria (Reuters) -Breezy Johnson won women's downhill gold for the United States, setting an unbeatable pace after going first out of the start hut, at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Saturday.

The medal was the first in a major event for the 29-year-old, who returned last December from a 14-month ban for three anti-doping whereabouts failures and has had a career punctuated by injury.