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

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• 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.

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