Ester Ledecká fails to finish Super-G at 2026 Winter Olympics

Ester Ledecká did not finish the women’s Super-G at the Olympic Games in Cortina d’Ampezzo, and just as in snowboarding, her bid for a medal on skis also came up short.

The race proved extremely demanding, with many skiers failing to reach the finish due to the course’s difficulty. The sensational Super-G champion from the previous Winter Olympics in PyeongChang attacked her run aggressively but made a mistake in the final section and crashed. She later got back on her feet, skied down to the finish area, and signaled that she was unhurt.

Gold went to Italy’s Federica Brignone, who triumphed at 35, just ten months after a complicated leg fracture. Another Czech skier, Barbora Nováková, capitalized on a number of retirements to secure a career-best 14th place finish.