Winter Olympics 2010: Bode Miller matches alpine medal record after winning gold

By Telegraph staff and agencies Published: 8:55AM GMT twenty-two February 2010

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After fixation seventh in the downhill run, Miller skied one of the fastest slalom legs for a two-run total time of 2 minutes,44.92 seconds.

Having skipped offseason precision in the set up up to the Winter Olympics when he additionally debated retiring, Miller scarcely didn"t have sufficient appetite to hold on as he came over the last representation of the slalom course.

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"My legs proposed feeling unequivocally wobbly," he said. "I didn"t even feel similar to I was seeking at the embankment anymore."

Miller, a stand in china medalist at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, has additionally won a china and a bronze at the Vancouver Games - a pointy contrariety from his no-medal opening in Turin 4 years ago, when he done some-more headlines for his late-night merrymaking than his skiing.

Miller pronounced he was using on "fumes" following his initial dual races.

"I felt overwhelming about it," he said. "But still, it"s incredibly emotionally burdensome to do it similar to that.

"I"ve got one leg that"s harmed and an additional leg that"s on my vessel already," he added, seeking brazen to his postseason break.

Ivica Kostelic of Croatia took the china medal, 0.33 seconds behind, and Silvan Zurbriggen of Switzerland claimed bronze, 0.40 seconds back.

Downhill personality Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway didn"t finish his slalom leg, sealing the feat for Miller.

Miller was faster than Svindal on the top territory of the downhill run, but concurred a array of mistakes on the reduce part. Still, carrying proposed his career as a slalom specialist, he wasn"t counting himself out and charged all the approach down in the second leg.

Miller increasing his lead at both checkpoints in the slalom. He skied fluidly on the top, afterwards proposed to get bounced up in the air as he attempted to say his speed on the quicker gates in the reduce section, dropping a little speed prior to the finish but progressing sufficient to kick Kostelic.

Miller let out a big grin on channel the finish line and stranded out his tongue whilst the throng roared the approval.

With his third medal, Miller suited late Norwegian good Kjetil Andrea Aamodt for the majority medals for one man in Alpine skiing at a new Olympics.

Aamodt won dual silvers and a bronze at the 1994 Lillehammer Games, whilst Jean-Claude Killy swept all 3 events at the 1968 Grenoble Games and Toni Sailer did the same at Cortina d"Ampezzo in 1956.

Miller right away has five Olympic medals overall. He won dual silvers in 2002, afterwards non-stop the 2010 Games by receiving bronze in the downhill and china in the super-G.

Miller"s feat increased the US award total in Alpine skiing at the Vancouver Games to a jot down eight medals - already 3 some-more than the five from Sarajevo in 1984 - with 4 races remaining.