High Speed, Zero Mercy: Team USA’s Super-G Run Descends Into Chaos After Back-To-Back Crashes Shake The Olympic Slopes

The women’s super-G at the Winter Olympics proved to be challenging for Team USA.

With low visibility at the start of the run and a windy, grueling course that requires athletes to make steep turns to ski between markers at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo, U.S. skiers Breezy Johnson, who won gold in the women’s downhill on Feb. 8, and Mary Bocock both did not complete their runs on Thursday, Feb. 12 after crashing.

Bocock, 22, who was making her Olympic debut in Cortina, looked shaky in her run before she crashed after getting too much air during a jump on the course. After she fell, Bocock landed on her side and tumbled down the hill, losing one of her skis.

Mary Bocock of Team USA on Feb. 12, 2026.Julian Finney/Getty

She was able to get up quickly, though it took a few seconds for her to stabilize herself on the snowy hill and exit the course through the finish line, where, despite her disappointing debut, Bocock happily waved to the fans that were there to support her.

“Not exactly a confidence builder for the next American skier,” the venue announcer said just before Johnson started.

The women’s downhill gold medalist crashed roughly 20 seconds into her run after she swiped a marker and lost balance. Johnson attempted to regain control, but fell into the orange safety netting on the course. She was able to exit the course safely through the finish line.

Breezy Johnson of Team USA on Feb. 12, 2026.Ezra Shaw/Getty

Jackie Wiles, who won bronze alongside Paula Moltzan in the team combined on Feb. 10, also raced in the super-G on Thursday, and while she didn’t fall and was able to complete the run, she finished in 13th place and did not medal.

Keely Cashman of the United States finished 15th.

Before Johnson competed in the super-G on Thursday, she and Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly missed the podium in the team combined event, where Wiles and Moltzan took bronze.

“You either win or you learn. That’s what we did out there today,” Johnson reflected in a post on Instagram that was also shared to Shiffrin’s followers. “I know I learned a lot and I think Mik did too. It’s hard to bring your best every day in new and different conditions and course sets. And 4th place at the Olympics is always tough. But I know that we are both champions.”

Johnson said it’s not “because we both already have gold medals” that she and Shiffrin are champions, but “because we try every day to be better, better skiers and better people.”

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