In his fourth Olympics, Bode Miller claimed his first Olympic gold medal Sunday in the men’s super combined competition. The event, which includes a downhill and a slalom run, is said to be an excellent test of overall skiing ability. Miller’s downhill time was 1:53.91 and 51.01 in slalom for a total time of 2:44.92. Miller becomes one of four men’s alpine skiers ever to win three medals in one Olympics, adding to his bronze in the downhill and silver in Super-G.
Also on Sunday, in a much-anticipated matchup that lived up to the hype, the American men’s hockey team left everyone in Canada speechless with a 5-3 victory over the Canadians in the last of the preliminary-round games. Both teams will advance to the medal round, but the Americans will get a bye and an extra day off, and Canada must play three games in four days.
Apolo Ohno surpassed Bonnie Blair on Saturday, winning his seventh Winter Olympic medal, a bronze in the 1,000 meters to become the most successful Winter Olympian in history. In his third Olympics, Ohno brushed off the comparison because five of Blair’s six medals were gold.
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