SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Her top speed of 86 mph (138.51 kph) was among the fastest ever recorded by a woman in an Alpine skiing race. The 38 yards (35 meters) that she soared off ...

Vonn (in 2009), Hilary Lindh (in 1997) and Picabo Street (in 1996) are the only other American women to win gold in downhill at worlds. As the victory began to sink in, Johnson grew emotional as ...

8, 2025. Credit: AP/Giovanni Auletta “I was psyched because I knew that I had skied my best,” the 29-year-old Johnson said. “I’m just going to enjoy this because I’ve had a lot of times ...

Not a bad way to earn your first victory. “I was psyched because I knew that I had skied my best,” the 29-year-old Johnson said. “I’m just going to enjoy this because I’ve had a lot of ...

A “Weltmeisterin” (world champion) in Austria, the home of ski racing. Not a bad way to earn your first victory. “I was psyched because I knew that I had skied my best,” the 29-year-old Johnson said. ...