Ester Ledecka captures gold on borrowed skis

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Snowboarder Ester Ledecka snatches shock Winter Olympics gold on borrowed skis

Lindsey Vonn, not so much

 

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Olympic gold medalist Ester Ledecka is the fastest snowboarder on two skis. Wait, what?

Either they didn't report this on NBC or I didn't see it. How can someone who's first of all a snowboarder get on a pair of skis and beat Lindsey Vonn and other professional skiers? And then be ready to also compete in a snowboarding event in a day or two?

What, then, to make of an athlete named Ester Ledecka, a 22-year-old Czech woman who stopped herself Saturday at the base of the hill at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre? The clock showed that she had taken the lead in the Olympic super-G, besting Austrian star Anna Veith by one one-hundredth of a second. The crowd, disbelieving, yelled and stared at Ledecka, encouraging her to emote.

Here's the thing: She is a snowboarder by trade. She is here to compete in the parallel giant slalom on one plank, not two. This result, beating Lindsey Vonn and Tina Weirather and Lara Gut and the best skiers in the world was not possible. So Ledecka did . . . nothing.

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