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,

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.

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — 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.

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.

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 won women's downhill gold for the United States at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Saturday.

Mikaela Shiffrin will join Breezy Johnson in the women's team combined event at the Alpine world championships after initially opting out of the giant slalom due to mental struggles following an injury.

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.