Winter Olympics: Ester Ledecka wins second gold medal in Pyeongchang

Ester 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.

The 22-year-old Czech, who earned a shock victory in the skiing super G last Saturday, beat Germany's Selina Jorg to win her second gold.

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.

Ramona Theresia Hofmeister took bronze.

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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."

Ledecka's win on skis was one of the biggest shocks of the Pyeongchang Games, coming in an event she had never earned a podium finish, but she dominated the field in her favoured snowboard event.

The two-time world champion qualified more than a second ahead of her rivals and looked serene throughout the knockout rounds.

The final was close in the early stages but Ledecka pulled away to win by 0.46 seconds.

"It's probably the best story of these Games, absolutely incredible. What an athlete. It's hard enough doing one discipline in alpine skiing," BBC Sport commentator and five-time Olympian Graham Bell said.

Ledecka started skiing aged two and snowboarding at five, but only started on the skiing circuit in 2016.

Her super G win was described as "one of the most astonishing Olympic stories of all time" as she won on borrowed skis.

Analysis

GB snowboarder Zoe Gillings-Brier on BBC One

To carry on doing both skiing and snowboarding from such a young age, and to become brilliant at both, that's astounding.

She'll need two different muscle groups for her two sports, so she'll need to train both of those at the same time.

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'In Germany, nobody cares if the NHL is here or not'

The absence of National Hockey League (NHL) players at the Winter Olympics was disappointing but "you don't need caviar every day", says the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

NHL officials decided not to shut down the season over money and injury issues, making Pyeongchang the first Games without the league's star players since 1994.

Germany face the Olympic athletes from Russia team in Sunday's final, after shocking defending champions Canada with a 4-3 victory in the semi-finals.

"Not having the NHL is still a disappointment, but in Germany nobody cares if the NHL is here or not," said Rene Fasel. "Everybody can beat everybody in this competition.

"You don't need caviar every day. I have to be honest, I miss the NHL here. But what can we do? We have to do our best to promote the game and Germany-Canada was all about emotions."

Other medals on Saturday

• Canada's Toutant takes big air gold

• Switzerland win inaugural alpine skiing mixed team

• Switzerland's Galmarin win parallel giant slalom title

• Finland's Niskanen takes 50km cross-country skiing gold

• USA beat Sweden to men's curling gold

• Takagi wins gold in women's mass start

• South Korea's Lee wins men's mass start

• Japan's women curlers win bronze-medal match

• Canada beat Czechs to ice hockey bronze

Other news on day 15

• A Canadian athlete, his wife and manager have been charged with stealing a car at the Winter Olympics, South Korean police have said. Canada have not identified the trio.

• Russian bobsleigh pilot Nadezhda Sergeeva has been banned from the Games for doping - just a day before Olympic chiefs meet to discuss lifting sanctions on her country.

• Norway have ran out of commemorative, gold-coloured shoes after winning 38 medals in Pyeongchang, 13 of them gold. "Our ambition was 30 medals in total, but no number was set for gold medals. We will anyhow do our best to provide our athletes with shoes if they win more," said chief communications officer Nils Roine.