Bode Miller claims his first Olympic gold medal by winning super-combined in Vancouver . Miller produces a superb slalom run to edge out Ivica Kostelic of Croatia by 0.33 seconds . - Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics begins with alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin taking her second consecutive downhill victory and third overall. Swiss Michael Schmid wins first Olympic gold in new discipline of ski cross .
Bode Miller claims his first Olympic gold medal by winning super-combined in Vancouver . Miller produces a superb slalom run to edge out Ivica Kostelic of Croatia by 0.33 seconds . Miller has already won silver and bronze in earlier events at the Winter Games . Swiss Michael Schmid wins first Olympic gold in new discipline of ski cross .