ST. MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Croatia's Ivica Kostelic made skiing history Sunday by winning the gold medal in the men's slalom at the World Championships.
Kostelic's victory came one day after his sister Janica's win in the same event, marking the first time a brother and sister have won World Championship gold in the same event.
Kostelic's time of 1 minute, 40.66 seconds was 0.33 better than Switzerland's Silvan Zurbriggen, who won the host country's first medal.
Italian Giorgio Rocca took bronze, 0.03 seconds behind Zurbriggen.
American Bode Miller, winner of gold in the combined event and the giant slalom, finished sixth after losing his left pole in the first run. He also ran into trouble in the early stages of his second run but recovered brilliantly.
