U.S. Olympic skier Breezy Johnson has plans for her broken and repaired gold medal
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American skier Breezy Johnson told CBS News she's been treating her replacement gold medal with care after the original, which she won in the women's downhill event at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy on Saturday, broke. Seth Doane contributed to this report. In:
American skier Breezy Johnson told CBS News she's been treating her replacement gold medal with care after the original, which she won in the women's downhill event at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy on Saturday, broke.
"I think that because they were so heavy, the ribbons couldn't really hold them," Johnson said, calling it "a little disappointing" that Olympic medal winners had to be careful about celebrating too enthusiastically, as it's "all anybody wants to do."
Johnson said she was initially told she wouldn't get her original medal back, but it has been fixed, and she plans to keep it and trade in the replacement. She also plans to knit a special pouch to keep it safe.
"I am an avid knitter," Johnson told CBS News correspondent Seth Doane on Wednesday. "I knit a new hat or headband for every race. It's a big superstition of mine."
She only wears her special handknit race accessories once, for their respective race, after which they are retired.
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