Czech Republic’s Ester Ledecka shocked the world Saturday in PyeongChang (Friday night in America) when she took down Lindsey Vonn and the rest of the super-G field to become maybe the most unlikely gold medalist in the 2018 Winter Games.
Ledecka beat the defending champion Anna Veith (Austria) by just 0.01 seconds.
Here are the 7 most incredible facts on Ledecka’s stunning victory:
1. She’s also a snowboarder.
2. This is the first gold medal in the history of the Czech Republic in alpine skiing.
3. Even she didn’t believe it
https://twitter.com/Eurosport/status/964729273616445440
4. Ledecka has never finished a downhill skiing race higher than seventh, which she accomplished in December 2017.
5. Ledecka used Shiffrin’s skis for the historic run.
https://twitter.com/MikaelaShiffrin/status/964713868487356416
6. It’s in her blood.
7. Ledecka wore her ski goggles to her post-race press conference because she “wasn’t prepared to be at the ceremony and I don’t have makeup on.”
https://twitter.com/gdunbarap/status/964737480686645249
Click here to read the story in full and to watch Ledecka’s stunning gold medal run
