Lindsey Vonn failed to finish the super-G race in her return to the Alpine World Ski Championships on Thursday in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.

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.

Lindsey Vonn’s sensational return to the Alpine World Ski Championships ended in disappointment on Thursday after the 40-year-old crashed out of the super-G event.

Lindsey Vonn's skiing comeback at the age of 40 means she can't go to the Super Bowl, an event on her schedule when she was retired for the last five years.

Stephanie Venier delighted an Austrian home crowd on Thursday when she claimed super-g gold at the alpine skiing world championships while American Lindsey Vonn failed to finish. Venier, 31, had an all but flawless run under sunny skies as she skied to her biggest career success one-tenth ahead of Italian overall World Cup leader Federica Brignone.

Lindsey Vonn came into Thursday’s super-G hoping to make history by becoming the oldest Alpine world championship medalist. History was indeed made in Saalbach, Austria — but it wasn’t by Vonn. Austrian Stephanie Venier

Austria's Stephanie Venier topped the podium, and American Lauren Macuga hit a new milestone in her young career in Thursday's super-G.

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 to ski racing at the age of 40.

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.