PARK CITY, Utah (AP) – Bode Miller charged through falling snow Saturday to come from behind for his second straight World Cup giant slalom victory.

It was the first victory for an American man at an Alpine World Cup event in the United States since 1984, when Bill Johnson won a downhill at Aspen.

Miller finished the two runs with a combined time of 2 minutes, 20.84 seconds. Andreas Schifferer of Austria was next at 2:21.70, and teammate Hans Knauss was third at 2:21.84.

Erik Schlopy was leading the first run when he injured his left knee and crashed on a steep section of the 47-gate course.

He was taken away on a toboggan.

“The injury happened before the crash,” said Schlopy, the giant slalom bronze medalist at the World Championships.

“The snow was really aggressive and it just grabbed the ski.”

Miller trailed Knauss by 0.11 seconds after the first run but didn’t seem bothered by the snowfall or flat light that made the second run particularly challenging.

He finished the second run in 1:10.84.

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