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Breezy Johnson Claims Downhill Victory by 0.04 Seconds!

2/10/2026

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Breezy Johnson, an American skier, won the women's downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, finishing 0.04 seconds ahead of Germany's Emma Aicher.
Omega Timing, which has provided Olympic timekeeping since 1932, ensured the precision of the results.
Chief executive Alain Zobrist emphasized the pressure on operators to avoid mistakes when releasing results.
Omega's timing technology captures 40,000 images per second to determine finishes accurately.
Past events show margins as tight as three-thousandths of a second, underscoring the need for high-precision timing.

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Breezy Johnson, an American skier, won the women's downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo, finishing 0.04 seconds ahead of Germany's Emma Aicher.
Omega Timing, which has provided Olympic timekeeping since 1932, ensured the precision of the results.
Chief executive Alain Zobrist emphasized the pressure on operators to avoid mistakes when releasing results.
Omega's timing technology captures 40,000 images per second to determine finishes accurately.
Past events show margins as tight as three-thousandths of a second, underscoring the need for high-precision timing.