WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) -- Bode Miller has finally fulfilled his expectations and won an Olympic gold medal, using a blistering slalom run to complete a super-combined victory.

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

Miller has also won a silver and a bronze at the Vancouver Games.

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