Winter Olympics 2026: Breezy Johnson gets engaged at finish line following super-G crash

Breezy Johnson’s eventful week saw another highlight on Thursday when the downhill skiier got engaged to boyfriend Connor Watkins at the base of the super-G run in Cortina D’Ampezzo.

According to NBC News, as skiers from other countries were gathered near the finish area, Watkins dropped to his knee and proposed. After Johnson said “yes,” her U.S. teammates and skiing officials nearby cheered.

“I mean, that was my hope!” Johnson told NBC’s Cara Banks when asked if she dreamt of getting engaged at the Olympics. “But it’s definitely a lot more crazy with everything just happening all at once, and the reality of it is so different than the way you imagined, and so much better.”

Watkins said he was hoping her could find a place in the finish area to propose the way he wanted. “And it turned out we could, and we’re just super excited,” he said.

The life milestone for the 30-year-old Johnson, who won gold in the women’s downhill on Sunday, came shortly after she crashed out of Thursday’s super-G and did not finish. That came one day after the team of Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin failed to medal in the women’s combined.

The engagement ring will pair nicely with the replacement gold medal Johnson received this week after her original one broke while celebrating her downhill victory.

Milan is the second Olympics for Johnson. She finished seventh in the downhill and 14th in the super-G at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang.

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