Ledecka hopes downhill bronze paves the way for her next 'big show on snow'

Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka is airborne during a women's downhill race, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025.

Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka is airborne during a women's downhill race, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)


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Ester Ledecka likes to put on "a big show on snow." No matter if it's on her skis or on a snowboard. The versatile Czech athlete won bronze in downhill on Saturday for her fourth career world championship medal. But it was her first on skis after two golds and a silver from snowboarding worlds in 2015 and 2017. Ledecka famously won Olympic gold in both skiing's super-G and snowboarding's parallel GS at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. But a scheduling issue at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics might deny her a chance to replicate that stunning achievement.

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