Bode's bold bid on ice

Bode Miller's bid to make Olympic history by becoming the first man to win four alpine skiing medals at the same Games has been put on hold after he skied out of the first run of the giant-slalom.

Miller had already bagged three medals at Whistler after taking gold in the super combined competition as well as silver in the super-G and bronze in the blue riband downhill.

But Miller slipped and slid off course midway through his run on Tuesday (local time).

He will get a final chance to win his fourth medal when he competes in his less-favoured slalom on Saturday.

Switzerland's Carlo Janka led the field after the first run in a time of 1.17.27, 0.02 seconds ahead of Austria's Romed Baumann in silver medal position and super-G gold medallist Aksel Svindal a further 0.14 seconds behind.