CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Breezy Johnson came to this resort tucked into the Dolomites as a World Cup ski racer with a boyfriend. She is leaving as a gold medalist with an engagement ring.
The 30-year-old American, who on Sunday won the downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics, crashed out of Thursday’s super-G — an event won by Italian veteran Federica Brignone — just 20 seconds after the start. But any disappointment was erased immediately at the bottom of the course by her boyfriend, Connor Watkins.
