33 HIGHLIGHTS OF A SKIING COMPETITION Johnson wins world downhill title after ban American Breezy Johnson won women s World Championship downhill gold the first major title of her career just weeks after returning from a 14-month ban. The 29-yearold returned to the World Cup circuit in December after serving a suspension for three anti-doping whereabouts failures. title: titolo ban: squalifica circuit: circuito to serve: scontare whereabouts failures: mancata presenza ai controlli Johnson, whose career has also been blighted by injuries, set a winning time of 1 minute 41.29 seconds with the opening run of the day in Saalbach, Austria. When I came across the line and I saw it was a low 41, I thought: amazing , said Johnson, who became the first American to win women s downhill gold since Lindsey Vonn in Val d Isere in 2009. to blight: compromettere run: manche line: traguardo it was a low 41: erano solo 41 centesimi oltre il minuto She faced an anxious wait to celebrate but no-one was able to match her time, with Austria s Mirjam Puchner taking silver 0.15 seconds behind and Czech Ester Ledecka bronze a further 0.06 back. Vonn, the 2010 Olympic champion making a championships comeback at the age of 40 after retiring in 2019, was 15th, having crashed out of the Super-G on Thursday. to face an anxious wait: affrontare un attesa piena di nervosismo to match: replicare a further 0.06 back: ulteriormente indietro di 6 centesimi comeback: ritorno to crash out: essere eliminato nerve-wracking: stressante It s a little bit nerve-wracking to sit in the leader s chair but it s much harder to sit there at the top waiting for your run, Johnson told NBC Sports television. I was definitely grateful to run number one. Johnson was banned by the US Anti-Doping Agency in May for missing three drug tests in a 12-month window, with her suspension backdated to October 2023. In a post on her Instagram account, she acknowledged her human error but added all of my tests have been clean . to backdate: retrodatare The 2018 Olympian has never won a World Cup race, with a best finish of second, while the last of her seven podium finishes at the sport s elite level came in 2021. Swiss rookie Franjo von Allmen won the men s downhill title on Sunday in what was his first appearance at a major championship. best finish: miglior risultato rookie: debuttante The 23-year-old became the youngest men s downhill champion in 36 years, knocking Austria s 2021 winner Vincent Kriechmayr into second place by 0.24 seconds. to knock into: spostare, costringere by seconds: per secondi Three of the top five were Swiss, with Alexis Monney third and defending champion Marco Odermatt finishing fifth. defending: in carica Adapted from: https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cvg87nzppplo 64 TO GO