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Ledecka's 'great Olympic story' stumbles on downhill DNS
Like in Beijing in 2022, three-time Olympic champion Ester Ledecka calls next year's Olympic Games "a friendly" to ease the pressure, despite a rather unfriendly schedule thwarting her medal hopes. The 30-year-old Czech stunned the world by winning both the skiing super-G and the snowboarding parallel giant slalom at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. She won another Olympic snowboarding parallel giant slalom at Beijing in 2022, and took the bronze …
Because at the Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, the snowboarder's parallel giant goal race takes place at the same time as the women's descent, Ester Ledecka faced a difficult decision.
Czechia’s Ester Ledecká Picks Snowboarding Over Downhill Skiing for Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games
Ester Ledecka on course at St. Moritz, Switzerland. | Image: FIS Freestyle Czech superstar Ester Ledecká has officially decided to compete in snowboarding rather than Alpine skiing at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, after a scheduling conflict forced the athlete to choose between competing in Snowboarding ParallelGiant Slalom (PGS) or Downhill Alpine skiing. Ledecká had qualified—like in previous Olympics—for both events but for the fir…
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