"Love him so much"

Downhill gold medal followed by marriage proposal for Johnson

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12.02.2026 16:08
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In good times and bad: Olympic downhill champion Breezy Johnson crashed in the super-G in Cortina on Thursday, but was still able to take home a title shortly afterwards. She accepted her boyfriend Connor Watkins' marriage proposal in the finish area and is now engaged.

"His words were so beautiful. I just thought about how much I love him," said the American. It had been her dream to get proposed to at the Olympics.

One particularly prominent well-wisher was pop star Taylor Swift. "Congratulations," the singer commented under an Instagram photo showing Johnson with her future husband. She quoted a line from her song "The Alchemy" — actually written with her fiancé Travis Kelce and his recent Super Bowl triumph in mind: "Where's the trophy? He just comes running to me."

"What a week!"
Lindsey Vonn, who was seriously injured in a fall during the downhill race, also sent her congratulations. She said she was very happy for her teammate – "what a week."

Johnson is also world champion in the downhill and team combined. However, her hopes of another Olympic medal were not fulfilled in Cortina: despite setting the fastest time in the downhill alongside ski queen Mikaela Shiffrin, she finished fourth in the team combined. In the super-G, she was already eliminated in the qualifying round.

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