HINTERSTODER, Austria - Bode Miller won his second Alpine ski World Cup super-G in a week on Wednesday and seized the lead in the overall standings.

Bode Miller of the United States powers past a gate on his way to winning an Alpine ski World Cup men's super-G race, in Hinterstoder Austria, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006. [AP]

On a great day for the American team - team mate Lindsey Kildow won the Val d'Isere downhill - Miller produced a typically charging run to beat Italian Peter Fill into second place by 0.79 seconds.

Hermann Maier provided some light relief for the out-of-sorts Austrian team with third place, recovering from a pre-race tumble to finish 0.94 seconds behind Miller's time of one minute 9.76 seconds.

"It was a rough course, very icy and challenging but that's the kind of course I like," said Miller.

"I wasn't so confident about winning because it was pretty bumpy and wild up there but it's great because the whole U.S. team has been doing so well the last few days."

Miller insisted he was not yet worrying about his chances of a second overall World Cup title, despite overtaking former leader Aksel Lund Svindal on Wednesday.

The Norwegian super-G World Cup champion had a disappointing run in the foggy conditions and finished 1.19 seconds behind Miller. He dropped to second in the overall standings, 19 points behind Miller.

Wednesday's win was the third of the season for Miller who is still the only man to have won more than one race this campaign.

With the normally dominant Austrians failing to reach their usual heights, the 13 races staged so far have produced 10 different winners from nine different nations.

Following defending World Cup champion Benjamin Raich's slalom win on the season's opening weekend, the Austrians have now gone 12 races without a win - their worst performance in 14 years.

"I didn't feel any extra pressure today," said Maier after earning the team only their seventh podium place of the winter.

"I'm happy with my place but not at all with the way I skied. I had to take a lot of risks and ski very aggressive, but I was really looking to win."

Maier later revealed he had considered pulling out of the race after injuring himself during the morning's warm-up.

The 34-year-old double Olympic champion partially dislocated his shoulder in a fall but raced on with the help of pain-killers.