JEONGSEON, South Korea — Ester Ledecka stepped out of her snowboard long enough to click into her skis and become an Olympic gold medalist.

Even the 22-year-old from the Czech Republic who dabbles in both realms can’t quite believe it.

Ledecka made a stunning run from back in the pack to take the super-G title on Saturday at the Pyeongchang Games.

“’Til today, I thought I am a better snowboarder,” Ledecka said.

The 26th racer to take the course, Ledecka shredded her way through it in a time of 1 minute, 21.11 seconds. Defending champion Anna Veith of Austria earned the silver, finishing 0.01 seconds back, and Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein captured bronze.

Ledecka is trying to talk her coaches into letting her compete in the Olympic downhill on Wednesday, before she grabs her snowboard for Thursday’s qualifying in the parallel giant slalom. The final is Saturday.

“I was probably the only snowboarder on-site,” Ledecka said. “All the other girls didn’t risk a lot. There must be a lot of pressure on them. I was just trying to do my best run.”

Ledecka’s run shocked even her. Shortly after finishing and seeing her time, she asked, “How did that happen?”

Chen lands 6 quads

Nathan Chen finally admitted the pressure of being the face of American figure skating got to him, winding him up so tight for his short program that it ended in what he described as a “disaster.”

Out of medals contention and finally skating with a clear mind, the 18-year-old prodigy landed an unparalleled six quadruple jumps in a historic performance at the Pyeongchang Olympics. His personal-best score of 215.08 points Saturday was more than enough to win the free skate, and helped move up to fifth place. Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno took the gold and the silver medals for Japan.

Austrian takes super-G gold

Matthias Mayer of Austria won the downhill four years ago, but crashed into a cameraman and failed to finish this year. Just a day later, he made up for it with a super-G victory, edging out Beat Feuz of Switzerland and Kjetil Jansrud of Norway, the bronze and silver medalists in the downhill.

South Korean wins the skeleton

South Korea won its first ever sliding medal, a gold in men’s skeleton by Yun Sung-bin.