Lauren Macuga takes third, Lindsey Vonn DNFs in super-G at world championships
Austrian Stephanie Venier won the super-G on Thursday at the alpine skiing world championships, earning a gold medal on home soil, while 22-year-old American Lauren Macuga earned a podium spot, tying for third.
Venier, 31, finished in 1:20.47 to edge Italian favorite Federica Brignone by 0.10 seconds in the biggest super-G event before the 2026 Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Macuga and Norway's Kajsa Vickhoff Lie finished 0.24 seconds back to share bronze.
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American star Lindsey Vonn, who returned to the sport this year at age 40 and was competing in her first world championships in six years, did not finish after colliding with a gate early in her run.
Vonn, who was sick with flu-like symptoms, caught her arm on the seventh gate down the slope in Saalbach, Austria. The gate pulled her arm back awkwardly and dislodged from the snow, slowing Vonn to a stop and sending her out of the race, holding her arm.
'I just went a little bit too early into the turn, and I caught my shoulder, my arm on the gate,' Vonn told NBC Sports' Heather Cox after the race. 'I don't think I've ever done that in my career, so I was a little bit confused. I'm fine. My arm was numb when it happened, and I'm getting feeling back.'
An 82-time winner on the World Cup circuit, Vonn has two top-six finishes on the tour this winter and was hoping to add world championship success to her comeback to the sport. She's also scheduled to compete in Saturday's downhill.
'I'll be fine for the downhill,' Vonn said.
It's the first world title for Venier, who was born in nearby Innsbruck and is a three-time winner on the World Cup tour, two in downhill and one in super-G. She was the silver medalist in downhill at the 2017 world championships.
Macuga has had a breakout year for the U.S. team, earning her first World Cup victory last month and now adding world championship hardware. She's the first American woman other than Vonn or Mikaela Shiffrin to win a world championship medal since 2013.
(Top photo of Lauren Macuga celebrating her run in Thursday's super-G: Alain Grosclaude / Agence Zoom / Getty Images)
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