American downhiller Breezy Johnson realized repeatedly the last few years that, at any moment, ski racing could be taken away from her. Crashes led to significant leg injuries in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
But Johnson, a hardened 24, is cherishing the sport at the moment.
She scored her first World Cup podium in a downhill in Val d’Isere, France on Friday, She repeated the third-place finish in another downhill in the French Alpine resort Saturday, becoming the first U.S. woman other than Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn to make consecutive World Cup podiums in eight years.