Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka borrowed Mikaela Shiffrin's skis and pulled off an unbelievable upset to win Super-G gold by 0.01 second
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- Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka won the ladies' Super-G event on Friday, beating out defending gold medalist Anna Veith of Austria by just .01 second.
- Ledecka is a snowboarder by trade and has only competed in Super-G for two years.
- She had never placed higher than 29th.
- Ledecka won the competition on skis borrowed from fellow gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin, who skipped the event after repeated event cancellations forced her to embrace a tightened schedule.
Ester Ledecka of the Czech Republic was already set to make Olympic history as the first athlete to ever compete in both skiing and snowboarding events at the Winter Olympics. Now, after what will be remembered as one of the most shocking upsets in Olympic history, she'll have a chance to win gold in both.
Ledecka is primarily a snowboarder, and has only competed in Super-G for two years. Prior to the Olympics, she had never finished better than 29th in any event.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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