Snowboarder Ester Ledecka humbled another milestone. In one season she won the ski and snowboard race. Snowboarder Ester Ledecká won for the fifth time in her parallel giant slalom race at Rogle and won the eighteenth triumph in the World Cup race.

In the final she defeated the lead woman of the show German Ramona Hofmeister, who returned the defeat from Tuesday's slalom finals in Bad Gastein.

Twenty-four-year-old Ledecká is the first competitor to win the World Cup ski and snowboard race in one season. In Lake Louise, Canada, she celebrated her ski triumph in December. It further breaks the border: in Pyongyang in 2018, it was the first Olympic ski and snowboard champion - in Korea sensationally dominated the downhill super-G and won a parallel giant slalom on a snowboard.

Ledecke has already won the qualifying before Hofmeister and outperformed Chinese Cang Zuzin in the first blue lane. In the quarterfinals she chose red goals, led from the start ahead of Julia Zoggová and Swiss three goals before the finish from the track. For the semifinals, the Czech national team returned to the blue track and defeated Natalija Soboleva.

Snowboarder Ester Ledecka humbled another milestone

As in Bad Gastein, Ledecka was slower in the finals after the start, losing 12 hundredths to Hofmeister in the first lap. The lead increased, but in the middle of the track German made a mistake and fell. Ledecky so easily come to win. "All the girls are great, I had to step in and I'm happy with the result," she said in a television interview.

Slovenian resort Rogla is a promised place for Ledec. She turned all five starts in a parallel giant slalom into a victory. She has won in the Savinja region in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. "I love this hill, it is my favorite. There is always a great atmosphere and everything is well prepared," Ledecká said.

He'll be back on skis next week. There will be two congresses in Bansko, Bulgaria. In this discipline is continually second and fights for a small crystal globe.

SP in Alpine snowboarding in Rogle (Slovenia) - parallel giant slalom:

Men: 1. Coratti, 2. Fischnaller (both It.), 3. Wild (RUS),… in qualifying 57. Počinek, 59. Brůžek (both Czech Republic).

Overall standings SP (after 6 of 13 races): 1. Fischnaller 4110, 2. Bormolini 2228, 3. Bagozza (both It.) 2130,… 70. Brůžek 13.4, 71. Počinek 13.1.

Women: 1. Ledecká (CZ), 2. Hofmeister (Germany), 3. Sobolevová (RUS),… in the qualification of 42. Maděrová (CZ).

Overall standings SP (6 out of 13 races): 1. Hofmeister 5160, 2. Zogg 3000, 3. Jenny (both Swiss) 2920,… 7. Ledecka 1800, 47. Maderova 39.9.

Cross-country skiing in Nové Město na Moravě without admission. Organizers want to lure viewers

It has a long history, but it's not as famous as it used to be. The Golden Ski in Nové Město na Moravě is again the World Cup and the best cross-country skiers will present themselves in Vysočina. The question is, how many fans will arrive - in recent years, thousands have flowed there, but only if they could watch mountain bike races or biathletes from the stands.

You will not hear shots from rimfire rifles or loud crashes as a celebration of the downed target in the Vysočina Arena this weekend.

“It is nice that it is here in the Czech Republic after several years. I am curious how many people will come, ”says Petra Nováková for Radiožurnál.

“I have no guess, I find it funny that they have built the entire grandstand like a biathlon, which I think may be a little comical if it isn't full. We will see, perhaps people will surprise and many will arrive, ”adds Nováková.

The grand stadiums are already ready to fill up in the March World Cup

The weekend runners' races will probably have a lot more free space around them, but the organizers are doing everything they can to keep the backdrop at least dignified. For example, you will not pay a crown for a ticket to the Vysočina arena on Saturday or Sunday.

“We did it deliberately, because we think it's important that the audience come in and that makes cross-country skiing a bit more popular. My guess is pessimistic, I would be wrong, ”says the organizing committee head Jiří Hamza, who expects about three thousand spectators. Of course he wouldn't be angry if there were significantly more of them.

On Saturday there will be two distance races - the women's 10 km freestyle race will start at 9.45 am, the first man will set out on a 15-kilometer course at 11.15 am.