Giovanni Auletta United States' Lauren Macuga reacts after completing an alpine ski, women's World Cup super G race, in St. Anton, Austria, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) ST.

Lauren Macuga from Park City, Utah, finished the World Cup season fourth in downhill rankings. She's a medal contender for the 2026 Olympics.

Lauren Macuga broke through with her first Alpine skiing World Cup victory, becoming the youngest American to win a World Cup speed race since Lindsey Vonn in 2007. Macuga, 22, took a super-G by 68 ...

United States' Lauren Macuga celebrates at the finish area of a women's Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

Macuga tied for third in the super-G on Thursday at worlds in Saalbach, Austria. That makes her the first American since 1993 to win a medal in her first world championships, according to NBC.

Lauren Macuga knows overcoming fear is a huge part of racing downhill. She still remembers her 16-year-old self shaking at the top of Sugarloaf Mountain before her first try at the discipline in an ...

ST. ANTON – Breakout star Lauren Macuga and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn made it a classic Sunday for the United States ski team. Macuga’s first World Cup race win — in a super-G where the 40 ...

Lauren Macuga from Park City, Utah, finished the World Cup season fourth in downhill rankings. She's a medal contender for the 2026 Olympics.

United States’ Lauren Macuga celebrates at the finish area of a women’s Super-G, at the Alpine Ski World Championships, in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025.

ST. ANTON – Breakout star Lauren Macuga and comeback queen Lindsey Vonn made it a classic Sunday for the United States ski team. Macuga’s first World Cup race win — in a super-G where the 40 ...

Macuga was the fastest skier on the top section of the Ulli Maier course, flying nearly 30 yards (27 meters) off a jump 30 seconds into her run and clocking 76 mph (122 kph) before holding on to ...

The debut World Cup win came in Lauren Macuga's 30th start while Sunday was Vonn's 396th on the circuit, a career that began in a November 2000 slalom at Park City — Macuga's home town. The pair ...