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Lindsey Vonn took one other spectacular step on the comeback path as she completed fourth within the super-G in Sankt Anton, Austria, on Sunday, crossing the road 1.24 seconds behind first-time World Cup winner and fellow-American Lauren Macuga.
Vonn, whose proper knee was partially changed in April by a titanium prosthesis enabling her to make a comeback on the circuit on the age of 40 after six years away from the game, had already taken a powerful sixth place within the downhill on Saturday.
This time, sporting bib No. 31 and in solely her third race of the winter, she carved her means easily down the piste, nudging in entrance of Lara Gut-Behrami and ending 0.32 seconds behind third-placed Federica Brignone.
Vonn mentioned she wasn’t “100%” however her kind suggests she could also be constructing nicely for subsequent month’s World Championships in Saalbach, Austria.
“It was an actual rodeo all through the race,” she mentioned.
“I could not see something, the visibility was poor. All I did was combat all the best way to the end. Fourth place with these errors is sweet sufficient.”
The 22-year-old Macuga, in the meantime, danced with pleasure after her clear run of 1 minute, 17.51 seconds took her to her first-ever World Cup podium.
She completed 0.68 forward of Austria’s Stephanie Venier and 0.92 away from Italian Brignone, who gained the downhill on Saturday.
Brignone tops the general standings, 23 factors forward of Croat Zrinka Ljutic, whereas Gut-Behrami heads the self-discipline standings, 45 factors forward of Sofia Goggia who failed to complete on Sunday.
