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On the columns of "Outside Magazine", the great ex of the white circus launched the 25-year-old from Wyoming, who exploded this year with four podiums in series.
Friday 2 April 2021 4 minutes reading time
A very heavy inheritance to collect, numbers practically impossible to reach, but if words of great esteem come from a certain Lindsey Vonn, maybe the road is a little more ... downhill.
Let's talk about Breezy Johnson, one of this season's revelations in speed; certainly, the ''96 class of Wyoming has not yet won the World Cup, but from the first podium of their career obtained at the debut in Val d''Isère, another three consecutive third places have arrived, in the races of total domination of Sofia Goggia. Just when the Olympic champion got injured, Johnson also had the chance to get back into the fight for the specialty cup, but the two descents of Passo San Pellegrino were decisive in the negative, with the fall of the second day (followed but from the best placement of her career in super-g, with 10th place at the end of the three days in Val di Fassa) which removed her from the games, even before her cancellation at the finals in Lenzerheide.
There are some regrets for the world race in Cortina, with a serious mistake immediately at the start, but with four podiums in his pocket, Breezy certainly can only smile for his 2020/21 vintage, in which he was the flagship of the team at stars and stripes downhill, also considering the injuries of McKennis Duran (very fast in practice in Val d''Isère) and Wiles. And Lindsey Vonn's statements to “Outside Magazine” point to Johnson as the reference American downhill skier for the next few years. "There are incredible athletes right now, but it's nice to see Breezy's growth - the words of the eight-time World Cup winner - When you retire as a professional athlete, the most common question people ask you is who your heirs will be.
It's hard to answer, but I can say I met my idol, Picabo Street, when I was nine. He was signing autographs at a ski shop in Minnesota; after just two minutes with her, I knew I wanted to be an Olympian. I could not have known that, nine years later, we would be competing together at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This winter, nearly two decades later, I asked her the same question and, to my surprise, she said I was her heir.
We shared a few tears as we recognized the impact we had on each other. Now it's up to Breezy ”.
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