PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Czech snowboarder Ester Ledecka sprang one of the biggest shocks in Winter Games history when she won the super-G on Saturday with US star Lindsey Vonn finishing sixth.
Ledecka, also favorite in the snowboard parallel slalom in a week’s time, clocked 1min 21.11sec down the polished 2km-long Jeongseon course to edge defending champion Anna Veith of Austria by one-hundredth of a second. Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather took bronze.
Not only did Ledecka deprive Veith of what looked like a rare double, she pushed Vonn back into sixth spot, the American star paying the price for a massive error that saw her lose valuable time at the bottom of the course.
Czech Ester Ledecka wins shock Olympic super-G, US’s Lindsey Vonn sixth
Czech Ester Ledecka wins shock Olympic super-G, US’s Lindsey Vonn sixth
