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Ester Ledecka completes historic Olympic run winning gold in both ski and snowboard events

After Ester Ledecka's amazing upset victory in the ladies' Super-G event, she made history on Saturday by taking gold in snowboard parallel giant slalom.

  • Ester Ledecka made history at the Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to ever medal in both Alpine skiing and snowboarding events at the same games.
  • Ledecka's run began with her shocking upset win in ladies' Super-G, an event in which she had never placed higher than 29th.
  • Just before the games came to a close, she completed her historic feat, winning her best event, the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom.

Ester Ledecka completed one of the greatest individual feats ever accomplished at the Winter Olympics on Saturday, winning the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom event to take her second gold medal of the games in two different sports.

While many athletes have medaled twice at the same Winter Games, no athlete has come close to Ledecka, as her first gold medal win at Pyeongchang 2018 came not in another snowboarding event, but in skiing.

Ledecka, a snowboarder by trade, shocked the sporting world last week when she finished first in the ladies' Super-G — an event she had competed at at the international level before, but had never placed higher than 29th. Her run was so improbable that the NBC announcing team had actually already named another skier the winner, under the assumption that none of the remaining athletes, Ledecka included, had a shot at catching the favorite.

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Ledecka was as shocked as anyone else at her win — when she reached the bottom of her run, she appeared in disbelief and confusion as she realized that she had overtaken the lead.

But as shocking as her win was, it was just the start of her Olympic run. On Saturday, she completed it — taking gold in her best event, women's snowboard parallel giant slalom, which she had been favored in at the start of the games.

The first woman to earn two... @ NBC Olympics

With the two gold medals, Ledecka became the first athlete in history to win gold

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