WTF Again. Super G Ski Gold Medalist Ledecka Wins Snowboard Gold

Ester Ledecka (CZE) and Nevin Galmarini (SUI) have claimed the last snowboard titles of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games triumphing in the parallel giant slalom staged in the Bokwang Phoenix Park today.

Both World Cup leaders kept the momentum from a so far extremely successful season underlining their legal claim for Gold by posting the best qualifier times in the respective women's and men's event.

And both riders kept on dominating when the knock out rounds finally got underway under a blue bird sky and in front of a huge audience with the stances of the Bokwang Phoenix Park sold out.

Ledecka became the first woman to claim gold medals in two sports at a Winter Olympics with a win in the snowboarding parallel giant slalom.

She is the fifth athlete to win in two sports at one Games and the first in unrelated events with the previous double wins coming in Nordic events.

“(It’s) fantastic, really,” Ledecka said of her second victory at PyeongChang 2018. “I enjoyed every run, and I’m very happy to be here and stand on the highest place.

"As long as I have fun with both (skis and the snowboard) I will probably do both and we’ll see what happens.”

 "Tomorrow is the finish of the Olympics, right? I was here many days, I'm really looking forward to getting home," she said.

Asked if she was the "queens of the Games", Ledecka said: "I don't feel like that but it sounds good, for sure...It was quite tough to change myself into a snowboarder. I had one week for it and until yesterday I didn't feel good, but today I found the snowboarder in me, luckily.

"I love racing. This is the best thing about my job - the racing. I just feel good in my bubble and focus on myself, my riding and I think it helps me."       

The 22-year-old athlete paid tribute to her team and family for giving her the support she needed to succeed at the highest levels in both sports.

"I hope they are feeling great and I say thanks to my team because they did an incredible job again. They are with me the whole time and even my skiing coach was here today. I'm really proud of them and they really deserve what has happened."

From a well known Czech family, Ledecka follows her grandfather, Jan Klapac, who won ice hockey Olympic bronze in 1964 and silver in 1968 for Czechoslovakia.

The 22-year-old edged out Germany's Selina Joerg to second in the big final who therefore ended her personal major event trauma after missing the podium as fourth eight years ago and at the 2015 FIS Snowboard World Championships in Austria.

“I’ve worked for this for so many years,” Joerg explained. “I got the fourth place in Vancouver and fourth place in the world championships and finally I’ve got this medal - it’s amazing.”

Joerg's teammate Ramona Hofmeister stormed to third in her Olympic debut crossing the finish line first in the small final against 2014 Bronze medallist Alena Zavarzina (RUS)