Switzerland was at the top of the Winter Olympics leaderboard after taking three gold medals including its first downhill gold since 1988. After days of heavy snow and rain caused chaos to alpine events, the Vancouver Games finally came alive as Didier Defago held off Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal and American Bode Miller to land the blue-riband title. Meanwhile Dario Cologna made it day to remember for the Swiss when he cemented his status as one of cross-country's rising stars with a devastating win in the men's 15km freestyle.