Mikaela Shiffrin won a record-equaling 15th world championship medal and Breezy Johnson became double world champion on Tuesday when the American pair took gold in the new team combined event. Shiffrin was third-fastest in the slalom at the Alpine skiing worlds,

Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin's win in the team combined is second gold and third medal for US at world championships

Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson won the gold medal in the new team combined event at the Alpine skiing world championships, rising from fourth place after the downhill leg when the leaders faltered in the slalom.

Breezy Johnson is the fourth American woman to win the downhill at the World Alpine Skiing Championships, marking the first major victory of her career. Johnson, the first racer, put down a time and then waited in the finish area for more than an hour to see if anybody would beat it. No one did.

US skiers Mikaela Shiffrin and Breezy Johnson win gold in the team combined event at the Alpine world championships.

Breezy Johnson had never won a major race before Saturday's breakthrough, one year to the day until the 2026 Olympic downhill race.

Breezy Johnson earned her first top-level victory and became the first American woman to win a world downhill title since Lindsey Vonn in 2009. Courtesy

American Breezy Johnson wins the women's downhill title at the World Ski Championships after returning from a 14-month ban.

United States’ Breezy Johnson celebrates on the podium after winning the gold medal in a women’s downhill race, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Saturday, Feb.