SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) 鈥� Two gold medals and one very special headband.
is leaving the world championships with more hardware than she expected 鈥� and with a headband dedicated to host Austria.
Johnson, who enjoys knitting, started making a headband in the red-and-white colors of the host country鈥檚 flag before her downhill victory and finished it in time to wear on the podium for her .
鈥淚鈥檓 kind of superstitious, so I have a thing where I have to have a new headband at the finish of every race or hat,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淪o I whipped this thing out in two days. 鈥� Austrian colors, trying to be a little bit fun for Saalbach.鈥�
Knitting keeps Johnson relaxed.
鈥淚 like making things. It鈥檚 fun and it gives your hands something to do," she said. "I like to listen to books while I do it. And then you鈥檙e kind of reading and making something. I can be kind of like ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder). So I always have to have something to do with my hands.鈥�
Johnson is pretty good on her skis, too.
So is younger teammate , who won a bronze in super-G in her worlds debut and led the downhill portion of the combined on Tuesday before finishing fourth with teammate Paula Moltzan.
Like in super-G, Macuga celebrated her downhill run with a little dance, rocking her arms up and down before going all loose and rubbery.
It wasn鈥檛 a tribute to Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who performed a when he earned Brazil鈥檚 first World Cup podium in December.
Macuga said her moves were a mix between a tribute to SpongeBob and 鈥渢he inflatable things that are at a car dealership.
鈥淪o it鈥檚 not the salsa,鈥� she said. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 something funny.鈥�
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AP skiing:
Andrew Dampf, The Associated Press
