Ledeckรก’s Olympic Schedule Change “Absolutely Unrealistic,” Saysโข Czech Skiing Official
Jan Fiedler, the Alpine disciplines sportsโฃ director for the Czech Ski Union, stated that a change to triple Olympic champion Ester Ledeckรก’sโค schedule for the Milan and Cortina D’Ampezzo โGames -โ specifically, competing inโข both skiing and โparallel giant โฃslalom snowboardingโ – isโ highly improbable.
Both events currentlyโ fall on Sunday, Febuary 8th. “I think changes in terms are absolutely unrealistic,”โฃ Fiedler explained. “Tickets are sold, everything is fixed in the Olympic program. Two years ago we could speculate that the change would happen, but now I think it is absolutely unrealistic. โIt can only change theโข weather.”
The logistical challenges โalso contribute โฃto the unlikelihood of a change, with downhillโข skiing events scheduled for Cortinaโค and snowboarding in Livigno, approximately six โhours apart by car. Ledeckรก had previously discussed potential schedule adjustments with International Olympic Commitee President Kirst Coventry.
The Alpine program continues on February 10th with a team combination event in the slalom, followed by the โขSuper-G twoโข days later.
Fiedler indicated that starting with the combination โevent before snowboarding wouldโฃ be feasible. “It is a bit offered. It โwould be possible to do it.Snowboard will be left, the next dayโ there โis training for a combination congress andโ then there is โขa team combination,” โขhe said. However, he emphasized that the final decision rests with โคLedeckรก and her team’s โฃtactical choices.
He also โnoted the advantageโฃ Ledeckรก has โฃcompeting on the ski slope, given โคher โขregular participation in World Cup events there. โ”Even though Ester knows โขit, as it goes there in theโข World Cup every year, it is indeed to make it โฃthe surface, what theโฃ specifications โof the planning are,โ is certainly an โฃadvantage,” Fiedler added.
Currently,the 30-year-old Ledeckรก is completing โher primary training block in Chile โฃand is expected to return to the Czech Republic in the coming days. Fiedler expressed confidence in her preparation, stating, “I no Ester ends its most critically important training block in Chile.From the โคavailable information I know, Iโค know that the training has been prosperous. most โof the days it was planned as they wereโ scheduled. I believe it will be very well prepared for the season.”
Ledeckรก has secured Olympic gold in snowboarding in both โ2018 โขand 2022, and won the Super-G in โขskiing at theโ 2018 Games.She has alsoโข achieved two World Cup victories in slalom and earned a silver medal at this year’s World Championship.
