Ester Ledecka seals status as Winter Olympics snow ruler with twofold gold

Ester Ledecka affirmed her situation as the snow ruler of these Winter Olympics – truth be told, apparently, any Winter Recreations – with a preeminent triumph in the snowboard parallel mammoth slalom on Saturday.

The win made the 22-year-old from the Czech Republic the main lady to ever accomplish gold awards in various games at a Winter Amusements, following her thrilling triumph in the ladies' Super-G skiing a weekend ago.

"This is awesome," she conceded. "It was something extremely unique and I ponder this minute until the finish of my life. I delighted in each run and I'm extremely glad to be here and remain on the most elevated place on the platform." A year ago her snowboarding mentor, Justin Reiter, demanded that Ladecka was "one of the best living competitors". However few had thought it was conceivable to effectively bend over. The wearing polymath – she is likewise a splendid windsurfer – determinedly demonstrated something else.

Ledecka had posted the quickest time in morning qualifying in the occasion, which sees snowboarders clash in a progression of knockout races over a breezy course. What's more, subsequent to advancing through the rounds without undue inconvenience, she serenely beat the German Selina Joerg by the greater part a moment in the last. Another German, Romana Theresia Hofmeister, took bronze.

It was sufficiently amazing that she was the principal individual to contend in skiing and snowboarding at an Olympics. However, to then take twofold gold was incredible.

"It was an extraordinary inclination," she conceded. "You know, on each race, I'm endeavoring to put forth a valiant effort and I'm attempting to ride each race the same – with 100%. So while I am extremely upbeat for me, it's another race, another extraordinary race. I felt like that." In any case, she let it out had not generally been anything but difficult to manage the weight of having such a significant number of incredible desires on her shoulders. "It was much weight amid the most recent week," she said. "After the super-G, many individuals were coming and saying, 'Congrats, congrats, congrats'. I'm similar to, 'Whoa, so decent'. However I was likewise considering: 'Yet alright, you need to change to snowboard as of now.' I experienced serious difficulties. However today, I was simply remaining there and abruptly the snowboard young lady comes in. I was simply riding with the certainty, getting a charge out of the race and having some good times." Ledecka began skiing when she was only two and got into snowboarding three years' after the fact to stay aware of her more seasoned sibling Jonas. "From the begin there were many individuals who might state, 'it's impractical to get to the best in both,'" she conceded. "In any case, I needed to do as such, albeit clearly it is difficult."

Nobody will contend with that choice at this point. Also, the stressing news for her adversaries is that Ledecka expects to bear on doing the two occasions. "I will likely remain with my heart, so until further notice I figure I will do both in light of the fact that I cherish both," she said.

After her triumph in the Super-G, Ledecka celebrated with KFC chicken. This time, be that as it may, she has diverse plans. "I'm extremely anticipating get to Europe for various cooking since it's been a significant long time officially here," she conceded. "So no eating today. I will simply go to bed since I'm very worn out."

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