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Katie Ledecky wonders whether she is related to Ester Ledecka

After Ester Ledecka won the Olympic super-G gold medal in PyeongChang, another Olympic champion with a similar last name expressed her excitement.

“That’s what Ledecka’s do” was posted to Katie Ledecky’s Twitter account with three exclamation points:

Even Ledecka, who has never finished better than 19th in a World Cup super-G, was surprised by her Olympic triumph. She exclaimed “How did that happen?” after seeing her time.

Ester, I think we're related, we need to do a DNA test? #CousinsInGold ud83cudde8ud83cuddff https://t.co/2mUradCr4C

— Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) February 17, 2018