Olympic gold medalist Bill Johnson, recently recovered...

Olympic gold medalist Bill Johnson, recently recovered from back and knee surgery, said he is fit, after six days of skiing on Mount Hood in Oregon.

“Nothing less than championship form,” Johnson said. “Everything felt all right. I gave it a pretty good test.”

Johnson hopes to return to top form by February to defend his 1984 Olympic gold medal in the men’s downhill at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada. It was the first time he had been on skis since December, when he injured his knee during a World Cup training run in Italy.