American skier Bode Miller failed in his bid for an unprecedented medal haul but the United States will finish the 2010 Winter Olympics on Sunday with a record total after winning gold and silver on Saturday.
Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with a gold medal in the men's super-combined at Whistler Creekside on Sunday.
Bode Miller wins his first Olympic gold medal. CNN's Alex Thomas wraps up Sunday's competition.
The alpine skier took the gold in Sunday's Super Combined in Vancouver
Austria's Kathrin Zettel won the women's World Cup slalom in Maribor, Slovenia on Sunday after first-run leader Marlies Schild failed to finish her second run.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed the final downhill of the season at the World Cup finals in Are to edge ahead in a close battle for the men's overall title.
Overall World Cup leader Lindsey Vonn crashed out in the second leg as France's Sandrine Aubert opened her World Cup account with victory in the women's slalom in Ofterschwang, Germany, on Saturday.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States took a stranglehold on the overall World Cup title with victory in the super-G at Bansko on Sunday.
Lindsey Vonn has set a new American record of 19 World Cup victories after her success in Sunday's super-G at Tarvisio, Italy on Sunday.
Gina Stechert of Germany claimed her first-ever World Cup success after edging American Lindsey Vonn by just one-hundredth of a second in Saturday's women's downhill at Tarvisio in Italy.
Germany's Kathrin Hoelzl has completed a shock victory in the women's giant slalom at the world skiing championships at Val D'Isere on Thursday.
Hosts Austria claimed a 1-2 in Tuesday's night slalom at Schladming with Reinfried Herbst getting the better of compatriot Manfred Pranger in difficult conditions to claim his second win of the season and fifth of his career.
Manfred Pranger of Austria claimed his first World Cup victory in four years after securing a surprise win in Sunday's men's slalom at Wengen, Switzerland.
Croatian Ivica Kostelic triumphed in Monday's rescheduled World Cup slalom in Italy with Jean-Baptiste Grange of France and Austria's Benjamin Raich completing the podium line-up.
Swiss Daniel Albrecht claimed the fourth success of his career on Sunday when he won the men's World Cup giant slalom at Alta Badia, Italy.
Former world slalom champion Ivica Kostelic failed to qualify for the men's giant slalom at the world Alpine skiing championships, when he was disqualified during qualifying because a plate on top of his bindings was too thick.
The Austrian resort of Reiteralm has stepped into the breach to stage two women's world cup ski races that were canceled in France and Switzerland due to unusually warm weather and lack of snow.
Croatian Ivica Kostelic stormed to his first World Cup victory in nearly three years on Sunday, comfortably winning an Alpine skiing super-combined race in Reiteralm.
Croatia's triple Olympic champion Janica Kostelic and her world men's slalom champion brother Ivica, who both missed almost all of last season, will return for the new World Cup campaign.
Benjamin Raich regained top spot in the World Cup standings after winning a dramatic floodlit slalom on Tuesday.
Slalom world champion Ivica Kostelic will return to action this weekend, less than three weeks after undergoing knee surgery.
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