Ester Ledecka Won Gold in the Super-G - and She Was Wearing Mikaela Shiffrin's Skis!

Get the Full StoryThat's Ester Ledecka below, looking around in shock after realizing what had just happened. A Czech snowboarder who only began competing in the women's Super-G skiing competition two years ago, took home gold! And oh, she was borrowing Mikaela Shiffrin's skis, who was unable to compete because of her compressed schedule.

You'd be shocked, too. Ester Ledecka, a world champion SNOWBOARDER, shocks the field to win a surprise-gold by 0.01 in alpine skiing women's super-G! #WinterOlympics https: t.co YtEpNzDMDu pic.twitter.com EeoHuALcKX

- NBC Olympics NBCOlympics February 17, 2018

Esther beat Lindzey Vonn, and then in utter shock and amazement to all of us herself included! , finished in 1:21.12, beating Austria's Anna Veith by 0.01 seconds!

World champion SNOWBOARDER, Ester Ledecka shocked the world and herself securing the Super-G #Gold pyeongchang2018 fisalpine pic.twitter.com jHT94W6v7W

- Olympic Channel olympicchannel February 17, 2018

Ledecka thought it was some kind of mistake since she has never finished higher than 29th in the event. So yeah, this definitely makes the list of our top favorite 2018 Olympic moments! She even attended the press conference wearing her goggles because she never in a million years thought she'd win, and wasn't wearing any makeup!

When you win #gold in #alpineskiing Ladies' Super-G and you go to the press conference... #PyeongChang2018 #EsterLedecka #CZE pic.twitter.com 3pIdIxRJhb

- Olympics Olympics February 17, 2018

Esther has two coaches - one for skiing and one for snowboarding. She's supposed to strap her snowboard back on to compete in the parallel giant slalom next week, but this win may change her plans. She could enter in Wednesday's Alpine downhill. Whatever she does, we're not going to miss watching it!

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Neuv iteln . Bl zniv . A kr sn . D kuju rodin , t mu i fanou k m. Je to medaile v ech, kte mi dr eli p sti. Ale te u se t m na z t ej tr nink : Incredible. Crazy. And beautiful. I want to thank my family, my team and my fans. This medal belongs to everyone who cheered for me. But now I'm already looking forward to tomorrow's practice : #Pyeongchang2018

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