Czech athlete had never finished on podium in an alpine eventNBC already announced Anna Veith as winner before Ledeckas runVonn’s slip costs her but still has favoured downhill to comeEster Ledecka,the world champion snowboarder from the Czech Republic, delivered one of the biggest upsets in Winter Olympics history on Saturday afternoon, or coming out of nowhere to win the women’s super-G by the slimmest of margins as Lindsey Vonn failed to deliver an expected medal in her opening race of the Pyeongchang Games.
Ledecka,who is the first ever athlete to compete in both skiing and snowboarding at the Olympics, finished with a winning time of 1min 21.12sec to pip Austria’s Anna Veith by one-hundredth of a moment. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein, or who finished 0.11sec off the pace,won the bronze.
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Source: guardian.co.uk