Breezy Johnson’s return to competition has resulted in two top-10 finishes so far in World Cup races.
Concern about COVID-19 (coronavirus) has already postponed a major sporting event, as the World Athletics Indoor Championships originally scheduled for March in Nanjing, China, have been postponed by a year.
The Medal Stand: Two top-10 finishes for Victor’s Johnson
Victor’s Breezy Johnson is having quite the comeback thus far.
Johnson, who turned 24 on Jan. 19, had two top-10 finishes last week in her second and third alpine races back from injury. She placed 10th on Jan. 24 and fifth on Jan. 25 in downhill at the FIS World Cup at Bansko, Bulgaria, joining Mikaela Shiffrin with top 10 results those days. Shiffrin won on Jan. 24 and was fourth on Jan. 25.
A 2018 U.S. Olympian who calls Jackson Hole Mountain Resort home, Johnson cut her 2017-18 season short due to a shoulder injury and missed the 2018-19 season due to tearing her ACL in September 2018 while training in Chile and tearing her PCL and MCL in her other leg in June 2019 while training at Mammoth Mountain, Calif. She rejoined her U.S. teammates in Europe shortly after the New Year.
Saturday in Canada, Jaelin Kauf was ninth at the women’s moguls FIS World Cup in Tremblant. Originally from Teton Valley and now residing in Utah, Kauf had the second highest U.S. finish in the event. She is now fourth in FIS World Cup women’s moguls standings with 172 World Cup points.
Rigby’s Jessika Jenson, a 2014 and 2018 U.S. Olympic slopestyle snowboarder, is one of 24 skiers and snowboarders invited to third annual Kings and Queens of Corbet’s at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The competition will take place one day during a February 10-15 weather window in which the resort will close Corbet’s.
Coming up locally
The annual Sun Valley Nordic Festival started Wednesday and continues through the weekend. Events include NordicTown USA Sprints on Wednesday and the 47th annual Boulder Mountain Tour on Saturday.
Kelly Canyon Resort’s Snowcross is Saturday. Registration is due by 11 a.m., the participant meeting is at noon and competition begins at 1 p.m.
This weekend is Idaho Falls Ski Club weekend at Grand Targhee Resort.
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