Illustration photo – Skier and snowboarder Ester Ledecká, October 27, 2022.
Berchtesgaden (Germany) – Three-time Olympic champion Ester Ledecká dominated the World Cup parallel slalom qualification in Berchtesgaden. In the second race after almost a year's break caused by a broken collarbone, she gave the other snowboarders more than a second. In the elimination races, which will start at 1:35 p.m., he can at least build on his second place from Wednesday's giant slalom in Rogla, Slovenia.
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There, too, the Czech star was the best in the qualification. This time she dominated the opening part of the race with an even more significant lead. She was fastest in the first lap on the blue course and then had the best time of the female competitors who rode the red course on their second run. In total, she beat Japan's Tsubaki Miki, who took second place, by 1.38 seconds. The third woman in the qualification, the German Cheyenne Lochová, lost a second and a half to Ledecká.
The second Czech representative, Zuzana Maděrová, took 21st place in the qualification and did not advance to the round of 16. For Kryštof Minařík and Adam Počink, the first qualifying round was already final.
