Ledecka's reaction was priceless. The World No. 43 was speechless and showed no emotion after crossing the line one one hundredth of a second quicker than Veith, so stunned was she at what she'd thrown down.
She eventually turned to Veith and said: "How did that happen?"
To make the ride even more incredible, Ledecka is the parallel giant slalom snowboard world champion. Clearly she's not too shabby on skis either — skis she actually borrowed from American star Mikaela Shiffrin.
Ledecka had already made history in PyeongChang by becoming the first athlete to compete in snowboarding and alpine skiing at the same Olympics, now she's added a spectacular new chapter to her tale.
"It's definitely shocking. I wish I had so much athleticism as she has and hop from sport to sport," American skier Lindsey Vonn — who was left to rue a costly mistake at the end of her run — said of Ledecka.
"I feel like in the Olympics a lot of weird things happen."
American broadcaster NBC didn't show the run because it too believed Veith had already won gold.
Gold medal number 1000
Yuzuru Hanyu's latest victory has an extra-special place in Olympics history.
The Japanese figure skater won the 1,000th gold medal since the Winter Games began in 1924, defending his title in the men's individual competition on Saturday.
Hanyu was also the first man to win consecutive golds in the event since American Dick Button did it in 1948 and 1952
British history made
Isabel Atkin claimed the Bronze medal in the women's ski slopestyle event after scoring 84.6 and in doing so, became the first ever British athlete to claim an Olympic skiing medal.
The 19-year-old had to wait as three final skiiers had their run and chance to push her out of the podium place.
Thankfully her score was enough to keep the Bronze medal around her neck and write her name into the record books.
Hanyu in 66-year first
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu has become the first man to successfully defend his Olympic figure skating title since Dick Button in 1952.
He held off countryman Shoma Uno, who won silver, and Spain's Javier Fernandez, who took bronze, in Saturday's free skate in PyeongChang.
American Nathan Chen surged from a fiasco of a short program, where he was 17th. He won the free skate to wind up fifth overall.
Australian Brendan Kerry finished with a total score of 233.81, putting him 20th overall.
Vonn rues her mistake
American skier Lindsey Vonn made a crucial mistake three gates from home in her opening run of the ladies' Super-G.
The first competitor out of the gates, Vonn flew down the hill but butchered a left-footed turn not far from the bottom to record a time of 1:21.49, which crushed her hopes of medalling in the event.
"I attacked, I gave it everything I had, I have no regrets," Vonn said.
'Completely inhuman display of ridiculousness'
Former figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi was one of many to shower Nathan Chen with praise after the American created Olympic history.
Chen rallied from a fiasco of a short program with a historic free skate in PyeongChang that included an unparalleled six completed quadruple jumps.
The 18-year-old Chen, a two-time US champion, succumbed to the pressure and massive expectations in Friday's short program. He fell on all of his jumps in the short, plummeting to 17th place out of 24 to advance to the free skate.
But in the free skate he nailed virtually every element. His 126.86 points for technical virtuosity put him in another stratosphere, and his 215.08 points for the free skate were a personal high.
Chen was guaranteed to rocket up the standings with a 297.35 total, perhaps into the top 10.
Yamaguchi — a gold medallist at the 1992 Winter Olympics — led the chorus of admiration.
