Lindsey Vonn has fallen while on pace for a podium finish at a World Cup super-G on the course that will host skiing at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.

Italy's Federica Brignone won the super-G race at Cortina on Sunday, her first World Cup win at the Italian course extending her overall lead, while Lindsey Vonn gave the crowd a scare when crashing out on the third sector but emerged unharmed.

Italy's Federica Brignone won the alpine skiing World Cup super-G race on home soil in Cortina d'Ampezzo on Sunday. Brignone took the overall lead with a third place in Saturday's downhill and crowned a great weekend with first place in the super-G,

Federica Brignone continued her superb season by winning Sunday's super-G at Cortina d'Ampezzo to extend her World Cup lead, as comeback queen Lindsey Vonn crashed out.