A snowboarder was the fastest in downhill training in St. Moritz

After returning to Europe, the Czech woman took off her snowboard and went to the Abfahrtsski changed.

And Ester Ledecka immediately proved once again that she was probably the one greatest all-rounder in winter sports is.

In the second training session for the first departure of the season on Friday in St. Moritz The 30-year-old from Prague set the best time.

Die Double Olympic champion and 3-time world champion in alpine snowboarding, she has long been one of the best downhill skiers in the world.

Ledecka had a sensational 2018 Olympic gold in Super-G caught – with a lead of one hundredth of a second Anna Veith. She won the World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm Bronze in the downhill.

Balance 25:2

The 25 World Cup victories in snowboarding are now also matched by 2 in downhill.

At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, the all-rounder will of course find herself in a conflict of interest. Because Their snowboard racing overlaps with the Alpine speed competitions.

That’s why there won’t be a golden double like in 2018, when Ledecka won two Olympic gold medals.

In training, the gaps were close – the top 7 were only separated by 14 hundredths of a second Nina Ortlieb as the best Austrian in eighth place.

Fall of Gisin

The second training session was overshadowed by a serious fall involving the local hero Michelle Gisin. The Swiss woman had to go with that Rescue helicopter be recovered.

The Swiss speed team will be really hard hit this winter: For Lara Gut-Behrami Olympic downhill champion completed the Olympic season after tearing her cruciate ligament Corinne Suter will be out for a long time due to a torn muscle fiber.