US skier Breezy Johnson wins shock downhill gold at world championships
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#6V56B)
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Her top speed of 86mph (138.51kph) was among the fastest ever recorded by a woman in an Alpine skiing race.
The 38 yards (35 meters) that she leaped off the big Panorama jump midway down matched how far the men leap off the famed Hundschopf at Wengen in Switzerland.
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