Croatia’s best skier Ivica Kostelic won silver in the men’s slalom on Saturday at the Vancouver Olympics race at Whistler Creekside.

Kostelic was 0.16 seconds behind Giuliano Razzoli who gave Italy its first Alpine gold medal of the Vancouver Games.

Andre Myhrer of Sweden got bronze, 0.44 behind, for the first Alpine medal for Sweden's men in 22 years.

This was a second silver medal for Kostelic who was runner-up to Bode Miller in super-combined slalpm last Sunday.