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 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

Lindsey Vonn did not finish her Thursday Super-G run at the Alpine World Ski Championships in Austria after getting her arm hooked on a gate. It was Vonn's first world championship run since 2019. Vonn was in the midst of her run when she cut a turn too tightly and caught her right arm on a gate.