Five memorable moments from the games

Bode Miller

Alpine skiing

As a multiple world champion and World Cup winner, Bode Miller had already staked a claim to being America's best all-round male skier. Only one thing was missing from his resume - Olympic gold. He won two silver medals at Salt Lake City in 2002 then bombed out in Turin four years later. Disillusioned, he quit the sport last year but decided to make a comeback in Vancouver. Luck seemed against him when he finished third in the downhill then second in the Super-G before he came from behind to snatch the elusive gold in super combined.