USA Comes Up Short In Men’s Super-Combined – Olympic Roundup

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — American's Bode (BOH'-dee) Miller and Ted Ligety (LIHG'-eh-tee) finished well back in the men's super-combined. The surprise winner was Switzerland's Sandro Viletta with favorite Ivica Kostelic (ee-VICH'-uh KOHS'-tihl-ich) of Croatia finishing second. Viletta took advantage of a blistering slalom run to beat the favored Kostelic in a race held in spring-like conditions with snow turning to slush. Viletta stood only 14th after the downhill portion but put down the second-fastest slalom run to finish in a two-run combined time of 2 minutes, 45.20 seconds.

Defending champion Miller made a big mistake during his downhill run and finished sixth, while world champion Ligety had a ragged slalom leg and placed 12th.

— Among today's other events, the free skate in men's figure skating and the women's aerials in freestyle skiing.

— A check of the medal count shows Norway on top with 13 medals while the U.S. and the Netherlands each has 12. Broken down, the American team has four gold, two silver and six bronze.