Upset of the YearThe top skiers already had finished the women’s super-G at the Pyeongchang Olympics. NBC announced that Anna Veith had defended her title and shifted to other programming. But that was before Ester Ledecka, much better known as a snowboarder, stole the spotlight and snatched the gold, winning the race by one-hundredth of a second from the 26th start position. “It must be some mistake,” said a shocked Ledecka, who went on to complete a unique Winter Olympics double by winning the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding, too. “If you don’t like biathlon today,” said Fourcade, “you never will.”

Source: New York Times December 19, 2018 10:01 UTC