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Finger lickin’ gold.

Czech Olympian Ester Ledecka celebrated her shocker gold medal in the super-G — which she executed on borrowed skis — with a victory meal that would make the U.S. president proud: Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The snowboarder and skier ordered a No. 2 — a two -piece chicken combo with mashed potatoes, gravy, a biscuit, and a drink — after her stunning win on the slopes Saturday.

She chowed down quietly with three other teammates, her gold medal sitting on the table.

“Don’t tell my coaches,” she said at the fast food joint that is one of Donald Trump’s favorites. The franchise is located near the snowboarding course.

Dinner of champions? I'll have fries with that gold. We ran into surprise @Olympics champion Ester Ledecka at @kfc, of all places.https://t.co/fgKFpnAy0Npic.twitter.com/ElwrlWd5oJ

— Eddie Pells (@epells) February 17, 2018

Even she was shocked by her Alpine performance on borrowed skis, which upset American medalist Lindsey Vonn, when Ledecka finished with a win time of 1 minute 12 seconds.

She beat out silver medalist Austria’s Anna Veith by a one-hundredth of a second.

“Is this a kind of mistake?” she recalled thinking when seeing the winning time, adding the gold hadn’t sunk in yet.

When she’d finished eating, Ledecka nonchalantly picked up her medal and hung it around her neck as the patrons at the next table clapped.

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