Ledecka and Karl write history with gold medals in Olympic PGS
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It was a day of storybook endings at the Genting Snow Park as the medals were handed out in the men’s and women’s parallel giant slalom. After four days of training, Tuesday was the day that everyone who is passionate about snowboard carving was waiting for, and certainly all those fans who tuned in to watch the fastest riders on earth compete at the biggest stage were not disappointed. With bluebird skies, outstanding head-to-head matchups and some history in the making, the Beijing 2022 parallel giant slalom competition definitely lived up to all our expectations.
First to claim gold was defending women’s champion Ester Ledecka (CZE), who four years ago in PyeongChang topped the podium in two different sports – snowboard and alpine skiing.
She is making the same bid for double gold in Beijing and will have little time to celebrate her snowboard success, with her tilt at glory in alpine skiing starting on February 11.
“Part of my head is still racing right now on that course,” Ledecka said following her parallel giant slalom success on Tuesday. “The other side of my head is already trying to get through the lines on the skiing course.
“And then a small part is celebrating the win.”
The 26-year-old dominated her rivals throughout qualification and into the finals.
“I’m a very competitive person, so I just want to be better and better and always improve myself, but the baseline is always to have fun,” Ledecka said.
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