Watch: Czech snowboarder Ledecka stuns Alpine world with super-G gold

Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka produced one of the biggest shocks in the history of the Winter Olympics when she tore down Jeongseon slope in bib number 26 to win the women's Alpine skiing super-G on Saturday.

The 22-year-old rank outsider -- rated 43rd in the World Cup standings in super-G -- was thought to have a much better chance of gold in the snowboarding events she will also contest in Pyeongchang, an unprecedented doubling up.

Bib 26 was the starting position for a racer with only the slimmest chance of getting near the podium, and the top contenders clearly thought the medals had been sewn up by skiers in the top 20 spots.

When Ledecka started her run, Austrian Anna Veith was at the bottom of the slope already taking phone calls and receiving the congratulations of her rivals for becoming the first woman to win back-to-back titles in the Olympic super-G.

Even a smiling International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach seemed to be congratulating her.

Clearly, nobody had accounted for Ledecka's near-miraculous performance.

Indeed, the Czech's run had appeared on a par with her starting position until halfway down the course but she simply carved up the...