Breezy Johnson won a skiing gold medal for U.S. — and then she broke the medal

Breezy Johnson had quite the morning.

The United States skiing standout was 6th-out-of-36 in the order in the women's downhill competition on Sunday, and she put down the time that was at the top of the leaderboard.

Seven competitors later, Lindsey Vonn crashed and had to be airlifted away, taking the energy out of all those watching.

But by the end of the competition, she still had the fastest time.

Johnson won the gold medal, the second American woman to claim this event, after Vonn.

It's been quite the comeback for her, missing the 2022 Olympics with a knee injury and then being banned during 2024 for missing drug tests.

She's back now, and she's a gold medalist.

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That medal isn't totally intact now, though.

Breezy explained to USA Today that the piece that joins the medal to the neck ribbon came undone.

She had to carry the medal around in her pocket for the time being.

"It's definitely heavy. Heavier than I expected," Johnson told USA Today. "I think that's maybe why it broke... I assume somebody will fix it."

At least the golden part of the medal doesn't appear to have broken. 

Besides, Johnson won't ever forget this day no matter what the medal looks like. No one can take this triumph away from her.

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