US EditionThe Most Expensive Olympic Medals Ever Produced Are Already Falling Apart
Breezy Johnson's gold medal detached about 15 minutes after winning the women's downhill at the 2026 Winter Olympics, leading to a replacement medal being issued.
- On Feb. 8, Breezy Johnson, U.S. Olympic downhill skier, had her gold medal detach within 15 minutes after winning the women's downhill title in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- Having missed the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Johnson's comeback included a seventh-place finish at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, marking her resilience.
- Johnson described the moment the ribbon separated, showing the detached medal to reporters and camera, while teammate Keely Cashman suggested the medal's weight may have caused the ribbon clasp to break.
- Organizers issued a replacement medal that Johnson must have engraved after attempts to fix the original failed, and her gold marked Team USA's first win at the Milan Cortina Games.
- Other athletes reported similar failures, including Alysa Liu sharing a video of her detached ribbon on Instagram, while Johnson joked about holding the `shortest-lived Olympic medal record`.
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The most expensive Olympic medals ever produced are already falling apart
American skier Breezy Johnson won Olympic gold in the women’s downhill early Sunday morning and had her medal draped around her neck before she stepped off the slopes. Within 15 minutes, her gold medal had already broken. “Well, I was jumping up and down in excitement, and it fell off,” Johnson said after the ribbon split from the disc and connector. “Don’t jump in them.” Gold medallist USA's Breezy Johnson shows her broken medal to the media f…
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USA's Johnson gets new gold medal after Olympic downhill award broke
Breezy Johnson said Tuesday that she has been given a new gold medal for her triumph in the women's downhill after her first one broke while she celebrated on the podium.
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Defending World Downhill Champion Breezy Johnson did not believe she was the fastest skier in the world. “I’ve long stated that it’s my goal to one day win the downhill World Cup title, and I haven’t done that yet,” She says. “Whoever wins that title is the undisputed best downhill skier in the world. I’ve never led those standings, nor have I ever won the title at the end of the year.” However, at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, her per…
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