The Czech world champion and hot favourite, who stunned the world of alpine skiing by capturing gold in last week’s super-G, recorded an aggregate time of one minutes, 28.90 seconds for her two runs – more than a second ahead of her nearest rival.
Russian Alena Zavarzina, bronze medallist in Sochi four years ago, was second quickest in 1:30.16 with Germany’s Selina Joerg qualifying third in 1:30.27.
Ledecka is looking to become the first woman to win gold medals in different sports at the same Winter Olympics.
The 22-year-old can join Norwegians Thorleif Haug and Johan Groettumsbraten as the only athletes to do a multi-sport double.
Haug did the cross country and Nordic combined double at the 1924 Olympics and Grottumsbraten won the same events at the 1928 Games
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