ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Lindsey Vonn will head home to the World Championships at Vail/Beaver Creek fresh off a 64th career victory, as she took a strong win Sunday over Austria’s Anna Fenninger in a World Cup super G in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

U.S. teammates Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley was 16th, Stacey Cook from Truckee was 19th and Alice McKennis was 27th.

Vonn’s win came a day after a big mistake in the downhill dropped her from podium-challenger to 23rd.

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“After a bad day comes a good day,” said Vonn. “Yesterday I risked a lot and it didn’t pay off. Today I risked a lot and it did pay off. I always like to ski at the limit — it’s what’s won me a lot of races and what’s made me crash and go into the nets. That’s the way I ski.”

The opening ceremony of the World Championships is set for Monday evening, Feb. 2, with women’s super G the next morning. Vonn and Mancuso are the top two by results this season in super G. NBC and NBCSN will carry all of the action live.

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“I’m really close to having a breakthrough,” Mancuso said. “I’m going to work hard and hopefully be fighting for the medals in Beaver Creek. It’s tough — it’s a really hard hill with some really extreme parts. It will take some great skiing. I’m happy to have a few days at home and racing in the United States.”

Tough day for Ganong, Sullivan in Kitzbuehel

KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Squaw Valley racers Marco Sullivan and Travis Ganong finished outside the points in a shortened Kitzbuehel downhill on Saturday.

After two hours of weather delays, the famed Hahnenkamm was shortened, with the fastest times coming in at under a minute. The racers still got up to almost 80 mph, but on such a short track, there was very little room for error. Both Sullivan and Ganong made a couple of small mistakes that placed them 41st and 44th, respectively.

Steven Nyman was the top American, taking fifth place — his career-best result in Kitzbuehel. American Jared Goldberg had a solid run and finished 25th, and Wiley Maple was 31st. Bode Miller did not race.

Kjetil Jansrud of Norway won the race, with Paris Dominik of Italy placing a close second, just .02 seconds behind, and Guillermo Fayed of France taking third.

The racers could hear the 60,000-70,000-person crowd in the start gate and even with massive delays and falling snow, the audience was electric. The spectators lined the finish of ski racing’s Super Bowl.