Switzerland's Sandro Viletta has won the gold medal in the men's skiing super combined event at the Sochi Winter Olympics, his combined time of 2:45.20 securing an unexpected first-place finish.

The 28-year-old, who finished 14th in Vancouver four years ago, secured a time of 1:54.88 in the downhill stage, placing him in 14th place at the halfway point, but made amends for it in the slalom stage with a time of 50.32.

Though Slovakia's Adam Zampa completed the second stage in the quickest time - 50.11 - it wasn't enough to secure a podium place for the 23-year-old, whose downhill performance saw him placed 27th at the halfway mark. Zampa finished in fifth place.

Croatia's Ivica Kostelic won silver with a combined time of 2:45.54, while Christof Innerhofer of Italy secured the bronze with a final time of 2:45.67.

Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal, who were widely tipped to be on the podium, finished in sixth and eighth place respectively.