“Dad,” Lauren Macuga said, “I won.” She was speaking minutes after her first Alpine skiing World Cup victory, a super-G in St. Anton, Austria. A year earlier, the best finish of Lauren’s budding career had been 17th. She steadily improved since, strengthened in particular by gym work over the summer.

On a stellar day for the United States ski team, Lauren Macuga got her first World Cup win in a super-G and Lindsey Vonn impressed again in fourth place at St.

Meanwhile, U.S. teammate Lauren Macuga dazzled in the Super-G, skiing to her first career World Cup win in 1:17.51. She looked to be in disbelief as she crossed the line and saw the time, a dominant 0.68 seconds clear of Austria’s Stephanie Venier in second. Italy’s Federica Brignone took the final podium spot.

The United States star — the greatest downhill racer in women’s World Cup history — was fastest in the first part of the course, touching 77 miles per hour.

Federica Brignone had zero World Cup downhill wins in her stellar career before Saturday. Lindsey Vonn had a record 43.

Lindsey Vonn finished in sixth place Saturday in her first World Cup downhill race since 2019 as she continues her return to racing at age 40.

Vonn schussed into fourth in the Super G, just behind Federica Brignone, Stephanie Venier, and Lauren Macuga. For Macuga, a 22-year-old American racer, it was her career first World Cup win. With her and Vonn finishing in the top five,

Lindsey Vonn continued her comeback Sunday with a fourth-place finish in what turned out to be a splendid super-G race for the Americans in St. Anton, Austria.