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.
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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.
