Austrian skier Stephanie Venier is in line to win the women's super-G at the Alpine skiing world championships in Austria after the top-ranked racers completed their runs.

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,

Macuga and Norway's Kajsa Vickhoff Lie were 24 hundredths behind in Saalbach.Venier, ranked ninth this World Cup season in the super-G, earned her second world championships medal — eight years after taking downhill silver.