Seven fun facts of skier Ester Ledecka’s stunning gold medal

Czech Republic’s Ester Ledecka shocked the world Saturday in PyeongChang (Friday night in America) when she took down Lindsey Vonn and the rest of the super-G field to become maybe the most unlikely gold medalist in the 2018 Winter Games.

Ledecka beat the defending champion Anna Veith (Austria) by just 0.01 seconds.

Here are the 7 most incredible facts on Ledecka’s stunning victory:

1. She’s also a snowboarder.

2. This is the first gold medal in the history of the Czech Republic in alpine skiing.

3. Even she didn’t believe it

"It's probably some kind of mistake, they are going to change it in a few seconds!"

Ester Ledecka's reaction to her stunning gold medal in the Super G today at #PyeongChang2018 #Olympics #Eurosport pic.twitter.com/3eSa90Xnzc

— Eurosport (@Eurosport) February 17, 2018

4. Ledecka has never finished a downhill skiing race higher than seventh, which she accomplished in December 2017.

5. Ledecka used Shiffrin’s skis for the historic run.

Ester Ledecka. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

— Mikaela Shiffrin (@MikaelaShiffrin) February 17, 2018

6. It’s in her blood.

7. Ledecka wore her ski goggles to her post-race press conference because she “wasn’t prepared to be at the ceremony and I don’t have makeup on.”

We have a winner for best story/personality at these Olympics. As if her super-G title wasn’t crazy enough, Ester Ledecka laughs her way through the press conference like this. pic.twitter.com/qwwigq2Jv2

— Graham Dunbar (@gdunbarap) February 17, 2018

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