Ledecka with ski goggles at Sieger-PK: “Don’t wear make-up”

This became particularly clear at the subsequent winners' press conference, where the Czech woman presented herself wearing ski goggles. The explanation? “I wasn’t prepared for this like the others, I don’t have any make-up on.”

The further round of questions was similarly unusual. The multi-sport talent was jokingly asked whether she was planning to take part in surfing at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo. "Secure. Why not?” Ledecka answered quickly and when asked about the difference between skiing and snowboarding she said succinctly: “Well, they both go downhill.”

Snowboard training was canceled One had the feeling that all the fuss surrounding her was too much for Ledecka at first. As a two-time snowboard world champion, she is used to interviews, albeit on a smaller scale. Their coaches had prepared three snowboards that day so that after the Super-G they could finally start preparing for the fight for gold in the parallel giant slalom for snowboarders next week. The practice session was canceled. Now snowboard gold is on the way “She's so rare that we all didn't know how strong she is,” explained second-place finisher Anna Veith. With a high start number, Ledecka was not ahead in any split times, but at the finish she was a hundredth of a second ahead of the Austrian. It was enough to cause the biggest sensation in Olympic skiing ever.

So far, only Russia's Anfissa Reszowa has managed to win Olympic medals in two different women's events. In 1988 and 1994, however, in the much more similar cross-country skiing and biathlon. Ledecka is a two-time snowboard world champion and has 14 World Cup victories to her name. In a week she will be the big favorite in the fight for Olympic gold in the PGS. She doesn't know the slope because she started during the 2017 Olympic dress rehearsal at the World Ski Championships in St. Moritz.

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Ledecka with ski goggles at Sieger-PK: “Don’t wear make-up”

Ester Ledecka caused one of the biggest sensations ever at the Winter Olympics on Saturday. Actually a snowboard ace, she skied away from everyone in the Super-G and won gold - a success that surprised herself the most.

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