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!