“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.

No one was faster down the steep middle section of the course than Vonn, 40, making the third appearance of her surprising comeback.

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.

Breakout star Lauren Macuga and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn made it a classic Sunday for the United States ski team. Macuga's first World Cup race win -- in a super-G where the 40-year-old Vonn impressed again in fourth -- was no surprise to ski watchers who saw the 22-year-old American's fast-improving results.

Lauren Macuga reacts after winning the women's World Cup super-G race in St. Anton, Austria on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.

After a strong start to her sixth season on the U. S. Ski Team, Park City native Lauren Macuga finally put down the run of her dreams and won Sunday’s Super G World Cup in St. Anton, Austria – her first World Cup win ever.

US skier Lauren Macuga won her first World Cup race when she triumphed in a women's super-g in Austria's St Anton on Sunday as Lindsey Vonn placed fourth. It was the 22-year-old's maiden World Cup podium as she shot down the course in 1 minute 17.

Park City’s Lauren Macuga, who performed so well in Beaver Creek last month, won her first-ever World Cup race on Sunday — a super-G in St. Anton, Austria — as former Vail resident Lindsey Vonn finished just off the podium in fourth at the age of 40.