Editing Bode Miller (section)

===Double Silver (2002)===
During this season, Miller began regularly competing in downhill, making him a five-event skier on the World Cup circuit, although he was still considered a technical specialist. Miller won his first World Cup race on December 29, 2001, taking the [[giant slalom]] at [[Val-d'Isère]], and then followed it up the next day with another win in the slalom at [[Madonna di Campiglio]]. He would go on to win two more slalom races in January 2002, along with a pair of silver medals at the [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympics]] in February, thus establishing himself as the top racer on the [[United States Ski Team|U.S. Ski Team]].

Miller won his first ever Olympic medal on February 13, in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's combined|combined]] event. He was 15th after the downhill portion losing 2.44 seconds to [[Kjetil André Aamodt]]. He then put a remarkable second run of the slalom portion to finish second overall just 0.28 behind Aamodt. Later on Miller won a second silver medal, this time in the [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom|giant slalom]] where he lost only to [[Stephan Eberharter]] of Austria. Miller was on a verge of winning medals in all disciplines he had entered at the Olympics, while he was second after first run of the [[Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|slalom]] race. At the starting gate before his final run Miller had already a huge advantage of 1.79 seconds over then leading [[Sébastien Amiez]]. Instead of having a careful run to secure at least another silver medal, Miller decided to push for a gold. The tactics resulted in a fall and missed gate, which caused him to finish far behind the medal positions.<ref name="2002 Olympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/24/Olympics/Miller__No_medal_and_.shtml|title=Miller: No medal and no regrets|publisher=St.Petersburg Times|date=February 22, 2002}}</ref>

This was his final season on [[Fischer (company)|Fischer]] skis; he switched to [[Skis Rossignol|Rossignol]] following the season's completion.