Bode Miller won the combined title for the slalom and downhill Sunday, setting a U.S. record with his 28th World Cup victory. Miller finished 14th in the slalom after finishing second in Saturday's downhill race. Jean-Baptiste Grange of France won the slalom on Sunday. Phil Mahre set the American record of 27 World Cup victories more than two decades ago. "It's a nice record, something you dream about as a kid," the 30-year-old Miller said. "As a professional skier, you're more focussed on winning each individual race. Before the season, it was my target to break that record and it's a really good feeling if you reach your goals."Benjamin Raich was second in the combined and went back to the top of the overall World Cup standings. The 27-year-old Grange, who led after the first leg, finished in a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 45.04 seconds. The Frenchman edged Jens Byggmark by 0.15 seconds, and Mario Matt took third. American Ted Ligety, who faced a 0.74-second deficit, started fast in his second run but lost control of a ski at the bumpy upper part of the course. He finished eighth.
Maria Holaus of Austria won a sunny Super-G on Sunday to claim her first World Cup victory while Julia Mancuso of the United States finished second. Holaus covered the melting Olympia delle Tofane course in 1 minute, 24.63 seconds. Mancuso finished 0.23 behind, and overall World Cup leader Nicole Hosp of Austria was third. Emily Brydon of Canada finished fourth and downhill winner Lindsey Vonn of the United States was fifth.
Five-time Olympic biathlon champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen got his fifth win of the World Cup season Sunday. The Norwegian won a 15-kilometer mass start race in 36 minutes, 26.99 seconds, with one missed shot. Bjoern Ferry of Sweden finished second, 20.5 seconds behind, also with one miss, and Michael Greis of Germany was third. In the women's 12.5-kilometer race, Andrea Henkel of Germany recorded her second victory in two days. Henkel won in 36:07.37 with one miss. Anna Carin Olofsson of Sweden finished 16.1 seconds behind with no misses and World Cup leader Kati Wilhelm of Germany was third.
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