And U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin helped.
Ester Ledecka didn’t believe it.
“Is this a kind of mistake?”
After all, the 22-year-old from the Czech Republic didn’t even own the skis she was on.
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Snowboard star Ester Ledecka turned the world of alpine skiing on its head Saturday when she claimed an astonishing gold in the Olympic super-G.
PYEONGCHANG – 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.
Mikaela Shiffrin won’t compete in the Alpine, but you can still enjoy Adam Rippon’s figure skating on NBC.
In a stunning upset, Mikaela Shiffrin couldn’t capture the same magic of yesterday’s gold medal run and left empty-handed in the highly anticipated women’s alpine skiing slalom that was supposed to be a lock for the skiing superstar.
