Macuga and Norway's Kajsa Vickhoff Lie were 24 hundredths behind in Saalbach.Venier, ranked ninth this World Cup season in the super-G, earned her second world championships medal — eight years after taking downhill silver.

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

Returning US star Lindsey Vonn fell short in her bid for a ninth world medal at her ninth world championships after bombing out of Thursday's super-G in Saalbach won by Austria's Stephanie Venier.In the absence of Mikaela Shiffrin,

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.

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."