American skier Lindsey Vonn won the super-G at the World Championships Tuesday in Val D'Isere, France, for her first major gold medal. Vonn trailed early starter and local favorite Marie Marchand-Arvier midway down the Rhone-Alpes course but made up time on the Frenchwoman in the technical lower section.

Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. shows her gold medal during the medal ceremony after winning the women's Super G event at the Alpine Skiing World Championships 2009 in the French resort of Val d'Isere February 3, 2009

"I knew that the light was not going to be good and was getting worse because the early runners were sitting 1-2, so I knew I just had to go for it," Vonn said. "It's incredible to get my first gold medal. It's what I've worked for all my life," Vonn said. "It's my dream come true."

Vonn finished in 1 minute, 20.73 seconds. Marchand-Arvier was second, 0.34 seconds behind, and Andrea Fischbacher of Austria was third, 0.40 back.

Vonn trailed Marchand-Arvier by 0.36 midway down.

"It's a shame," Marchand-Arvier said. "Lindsey was very good today and I made a little mistake but I'll take it."

Two-time defending champion Anja Paerson missed a gate near the end of her run, although the Swede was already trailing the leaders by a large margin.

"(Vonn) was worthy to win today," Paerson said. "She is so perfect on the snow and very calm when she's skiing. She's always on a good line. I was not surprised she would win today."

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