Olympic Update: Miller time, ski cross time, slalom time

On this eleventh day of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the Americans continue to dominate the medal count after Bode Miller captured super-combined gold on Sunday and Lindsey Vonn added a super-G bronze on Saturday.

Bode Miller’s gold was his third podium finish in as many races and the United States’ eighth medal (two gold, three silver, three bronze) out of a possible 18 from six alpine disciplines raced so far. It’s a record-breaking Olympic campaign for the US Ski team, but superstar Vonn had to settle for third in Saturday’s womens super-G after being upstaged by Andrea Fischbacher of Austria and Slovenian Tina Maze. Fischbacher’s win eased the huge pressure that had been mounting against underperforming alpine giants Austria.

In Sunday’s ski-cross debut, the heavily favored Canadians went home empty-handed after Canada’s Chris Del Bosco crashed near the end of the final race. Gold went to Michael Schmid of Switzerland, silver to Andreas Matt of Austria, and bronze to Norway’s Audun Groenvold.

In women’s aerials qualifications Saturday, defending champion Evelyne Lue crashed out and could only manage 16th, out of the top 12 who advance. The favored Chinese took top spot.

This week features the giant slalom and slalom events, beginning with the men’s giant slalom Tuesday. The women’s side will feature a clash between slalom specialists Maria Riesch of Germany and Anja Paerson of Sweden. Both came away from the downhill and super-G without medals, although the German claimed gold and the Swede bronze in the super-combined event on Thursday.

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