Austrian Stephanie Venier was the surprise super-G winner at the World Alpine Skiing Championships, while American Lauren Macuga tied for the bronze medal in the first senior worlds race of her career.

Austrian skier Stephanie Venier has won the women’s super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships in Austria

Stephanie Venier delighted an Austrian home crowd on Thursday when she claimed super-g gold at the alpine skiing world championships while American Lindsey Vonn failed to finish. Venier, 31, had an all but flawless run under sunny skies as she skied to her biggest career success one-tenth ahead of Italian overall World Cup leader Federica Brignone whose silver is a first big event medal for her in the discipline.

Lindsey Vonn hooked a gate with her right arm early in her run and did not finish Thursday's super-G in her first appearance at the Alpine skiing world championships in six years.

Lindsey Vonn has completed pre-race inspection and is planning on competing in the super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships despite feeling sick with “a cold or the flu.”

U.S. great Lindsey Vonn said she was suffering a "bad cold or flu" but would not let sickness derail her Alpine ski world championship comeback at the age of 40 in Thursday's Super-G.

Austrian skier Stephanie Venier was in line to win the women's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday after the top-ranked racers completed their runs. Venier led Federica Brignone of Italy by 0.

Stephanie Venier spoke with CBC Sports' Devin Heroux as it was being announced that she had officially won the women's super-G at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach-Hinterglemm.