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U.S. Ski Racer Breezy Johnson Hit With 14-Month Ban by U.S. Anti-Doping Agency

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced today, Monday, May 13, 2024, that U.S. ski racer Breezy Johnson, of Victor, Idaho, has accepted a 14-month sanction for committing three “Whereabouts Failures” within a 12-month period. It is important to understand that this does not imply in any way that Breezy Johnson has been using banned substances. This ban is a result […]
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Women’s FIS Alpine World Cup Downhill Race at Matterhorn at Swiss/Italian Border Resort Canceled

Organizers at Matterhorn Ski Paradise at the border of Zermatt, Switzerland, and Cervinia, Italy, knew that the odds were stacked against them. The weather forecast had been mixed at best, but hopes were still high that the first ever World Cup race could take place on the new Gran Becca course. Hopes quickly eroded on both Friday and Saturday for […]
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Successful Training Run at Cervino, Italy, Raises Hope That the Women’s FIS Alpine World Cup Downhill Race Will Go Ahead

After the men’s downhill race as well as two of three men’s training runs at Matterhorn Ski Paradise at the Swiss/Italian border were canceled, everyone was starting to worry about the women’s races scheduled for this week. The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’) has been trying to get the first-ever cross-border race off the ground unsuccessfully for the last […]
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Swiss Double Podium in Women’s Downhill at 2023 World Championships in France

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After a training day on Friday, races resumed at the 2023 World Championships in Courchevel and Méribél, France, on Saturday, February 11, 2023, with the Women’s Downhill. The starting list was brimming with 29 of the world’s strongest speed women, including 22/23 World Cup leader in Downhill Sofia Goggia from Italy, second-ranked Ilka Stuhec from Slovakia, and third-ranked Elena Curtoni, […]
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Italian Ski Racer Goggia Returns Hours After Surgery to Win Downhill Race With Fractured Hand

Sofia Goggia

This past weekend saw some incredible racing at St. Moritz, Switzerland, with many outstanding performances, but this year’s Women’s FIS Alpine World Cup in the Engadin will be remembered by “La Mano” (The Hand). Specifically, Sofia Goggia’s left hand fractured on Friday during the first speed event at the iconic Swiss Downhill event, when the Italian race skier hit a […]
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Breezy Johnson, US Ski Team Downhill Racer, Comes Out as Bisexual

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Breezy Johnson (@breezyjohnsonski) US downhill racer Breezy Johnson announced yesterday that she is bisexual. The seven-time World Cup podium finisher, who missed this year’s winter Olympics through injury, made the announcement in an Instagram post. “So I’m bisexual. Before this season starts I wanted to be open about who I am. […]
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US Olympic Gold Medal Hopeful Breezy Johnson Pulls Out of Winter Olympics

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US downhill racer Breezy Johnson yesterday announced that she is pulling out of the Olympics due to a knee injury. “I have to announce that I have unfortunately injured my knee and must withdraw from the Olympics.” – Breezy Johnson Last week, gold medal-hopeful Johnson crashed during training in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, and damaged her knee. “I crashed in Cortina the […]
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