Lauren Macuga Wins A World Cup Super-g Race With Lindsey Vonn 4th On Stellar Day For Us Ski Team

Lauren Macuga's first World Cup race win Sunday - in a super-G where Lindsey Vonn impressed again in fourth - was no surprise to ski watchers who saw the 22-year-old American's fast-improving results.

Maybe now sponsors will catch up with a racer from what shapes to soon be the first family of the extended United States ski team.

Macuga skied with speed and style Sunday wearing a helmet that has a question mark on the front where a sponsor's brand could be.

The American was almost flawless on a course that caught out veterans like Federica Brignone and Lara Gut-Behrami, who made errors and knew crossing the finish line their times would not hold up.

Macuga won by 0.68 seconds - a huge winning margin in super-G - ahead of Stephanie Venier of Austria, with Brignone 0.92 back in third. Olympic champion Gut-Behrami was 1.26 back in fifth. The result was unofficial with low-ranked skiers yet to start.