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Idaho Olympian Breezy Johnson Caps Gold Medal Run with an Engagement
- On Feb. 12, 2026, Breezy Johnson was surprised with a proposal at the finish area in Cortina d'Ampezzo after her super-G run ended in a crash when Connor Watkins dropped to one knee.
- Four days earlier, Johnson won the women's downhill on Feb. 8, securing Team USA's first medal of the 2026 Winter Olympics.
- The engagement ring featured a blue sapphire set between two white gold bands and came with a Taylor Swift lyric in the ring box note, while Watkins had planned the proposal for about a year and ensured family was present.
- Cameras on-site captured Breezy Johnson beaming as she showed off the engagement ring, with U.S. teammates and officials cheering nearby while Connor Watkins said he was anxious before proposing.
- The day's events mixed celebration and crisis when Breezy Johnson marked a personal milestone shortly after teammate Lindsey Vonn’s crash paused the Milan Cortina 2026 downhill and Super-G alpine events.
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Breezy Johnson gets engaged at the Winter Olympics
US Olympic gold medalist Breezy Johnson got engaged at the Winter Olympics. Her longtime boyfriend, Connor Watkins, proposed to her at the finish area with a sapphire ring—a moment she had once said she dreamed of at the Games.
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Women's downhill champion Breezy Johnson dreamed of getting proposed to at the Olympics, and it came true.
Although Breezy Johnson didn't win another Olympic medal on Thursday - she didn't finish the super-G - a different, no less important award awaited her at the finish line: her chosen one proposed to her.
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