Miller ends long wait for gold

Bode Miller finally struck Olympic gold after a storming run in the slalom earned him the super-combined title.

Miller failed to live up to expectations four years ago in Turin when he led after the downhill section of the super-combined but was disqualified in the slalom.

But 32-year-old Miller, seventh after the downhill run, exorcised those demons by producing the fastest slalom leg for a gold medal-winning combined time of two minutes, 44.92 seconds.

Miller went into the event with a silver and bronze medal already in the bag from the Super-G and downhill respectively but a long-awaited gold medal provided the icing on the cake.

Croatian Ivica Kostelic claimed the silver medal, 0.33 seconds behind, while Swiss Silvan Zurbriggen took the bronze 0.40 seconds adrift.

Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal, who led after the downhill section posting 1:53.15, failed to finish the slalom section.

Svindal won the Super-G race on Friday and silver in the downhill last week.