Stephanie Venier gave hosts Austria a dream start to the Alpine World Ski Championships by winning the women's super-G gold on home snow in the first individual race on Thursday. Italy's Federica Brignone had to settle for silver on a clear and sunny day in Saalbach,

Austrian skier Stephanie Venier won the women's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.

Lindsey Vonn is feeling sick with “a cold or the flu” on the eve of her first event at the world championships in her return

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 briefly lost feeling in right arm after getting it hooked on a gate that took her out of her opening race at the Alpine skiing world championships on Thursday, having competed in the super-G despite feeling sick.