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Olympic snowboarder and alpine skier Ester Ledecká: "'Olympics' is a forbidden word"

Olympic snowboarder and alpine skier Ester Ledecká: "'Olympics' is a forbidden word"

The Czech athlete, 29, is the first person to win gold in both skiing and snowboarding in the same Olympic Games. She is a partner of the Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille

  • Words By Ming Liu
- 4 min read

Ester: “One of my earliest skiing memories is when I competed as a three-year-old in the Milka Cup. I remember being motivated by chocolate – if I won, I’d have chocolate thrown all over me and then I’d be given lots of it. Every time I competed after that, I’d keep a piece of chocolate at the bottom of my backpack – a prize for myself when I finished the race.”