Breezy Johnson became the second American woman ever to win the Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing Sunday, hours after the first person to accomplish the feat, Lindsey Vonn, crashed violently on the famed Tofane course.

American ski racer Breezy Johnson won the Olympic downhill Sunday with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash that saw her being taken off the mountain in a helicopter. Johnson was the sixth runner and found speed with a risk-taking trip along the iconic Olympia delle Tofana course on a

Lindsey Vonn crashed just over a week after she tore her ACL, while Breezy Johnson earned Team USA’s first medal of the Games. Follow for live updates.

American ski racer Breezy Johnson won the Olympic downhill with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn's crash that saw her being taken off the mountain in a helicopter.

Breezy Johnson won the gold medal in the alpine skiing downhill at the Winter Olympics on Sunday after Lindsey Vonn's comeback ended with a horror crash.American Johnson, already the reigning downhill world champion,

American ski racer Breezy Johnson won the Olympic downhill Sunday with a hard-charging run on a day marred by teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash. It marks the first US medal of the Winter Games.