Slalom slip gives Miller sobering lesson

BODE MILLER has boasted of skiing while drunk, but it was his failure to sway quite enough which cost him a first Olympic gold medal in Sestriere Colle.

The American bad boy was belatedly disqualified from the first slalom run of the men’s combined after straddling a gate midway through the course.

Miller, who was not immediately aware of his mistake, had taken a 0.32-second advantage into his favoured discipline after going fastest in the afternoon downhill.