Ester Ledecka first woman to win gold in two sports at same Winter Olympics
One week after shocking the world by winning a gold medal in Alpine
skiing, Ester Ledecka strapped back into a snowboard and won a gold
medal in her primary sport.
Ledecka, the No. 1 ranked athlete in women's parallel giant slalom snowboarding, qualified for the finals of that event with the fastest time, then won four consecutive head-to-head races to claim her second gold medal of the PyeongChang Olympics.
Along the way, the Czech snowboarder dueled — and defeated — reigning Olympic champion Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland and a pair of Germans ranked No. 2 and 3 in the world.
With the win, Ledecka is the first woman to win gold medals in two different sports at the same Winter Olympics.
Source: Yahoo News
Ledecka, the No. 1 ranked athlete in women's parallel giant slalom snowboarding, qualified for the finals of that event with the fastest time, then won four consecutive head-to-head races to claim her second gold medal of the PyeongChang Olympics.
Along the way, the Czech snowboarder dueled — and defeated — reigning Olympic champion Patrizia Kummer of Switzerland and a pair of Germans ranked No. 2 and 3 in the world.
With the win, Ledecka is the first woman to win gold medals in two different sports at the same Winter Olympics.
Source: Yahoo News
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