Olympic report

Giant slalom American skier Bode Miller lost control and failed to finish his first run down the giant slalom course, ending his chances for a record fourth Alpine medal at a single Winter Games. Carlo Janka of Switzerland won the event. Miller still has one race left, the slalom, and until Saturday to rest up for it. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway got the bronze, joining Miller with three Alpine medals. American Ted Ligety finished ninth. The women’s event is scheduled for today, but rain and snow is forecast. That will be Julia Mancuso’s final event in Vancouver. Mancuso, who already has won two silver medals, said she won’t be competing in the slalom, her worst event.

Speedskating Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer went through the grueling 10,000-meter race on a seemingly record pace but was disqualified for not switching lanes while coming out of a turn nearly two-thirds into the race. Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea ended up winning gold. Lee lowered the Olympic record by 0.37 seconds.

Nordic combined

The U.S. team of Johnny Spillane, Todd Lodwick, Billy Demong and Brett Camerota was a narrow second in the team relay event, which combined jumping off the large hill, then a 4-by-5 kilometer relay. Demong had a slight edge over Austria’s Mario Stecher heading into the stadium but stumbled at the turn and watched the Austrian zoom past him on the straightaway.

Hockey

Canada’s Jarome Iginla scored twice and new goalie Roberto Luongo was good enough to get the Canadians back on track and into a colossal quarterfinal game against Russia, a matchup many expected for the gold-medal game.

The U.S. men’s team will face Switzerland (again) in the quarterfinals today. The Swiss advanced with a 3-2 shootout victory over Belarus. The Americans beat them 3-1 last Tuesday.

The Czech Republic will play Finland after beating Latvia 3-2 in overtime.

Biathlon

Russia won the women’s biathlon relay by such a wide margin that the final skier, Olga Zaitseva, slowed to give high-fives to fans and to blow kisses. The Americans were 17th.

Skicross

Canada’s Ashleigh McIvor, who grew up in nearby Whistler, won the debut of women’s skicross. Ophelie David of France came in as the top-ranked skicrosser in the world but lost her balance on a jump in her quarterfinal and fell hard. There were no Americans in the final field.

Curling

A day after the U.S. men were eliminated, the women were, too, finishing 2-7 after losses to China and Switzerland.

Figure skating South Korea’s Kim Yu-Na set a world-best score in the short program, giving her a huge lead over her top rival, Japan’s Mao Asada. Canada’s Joannie Rochette is third. Americans Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu are fifth and sixth, respectively.