Hirscher, a four-time reigning World Cup overall champion, prevailed in 1min 06.90sec, good enough to win by 0.33 seconds over home hope Ted Ligety in tough, snowy conditions in the American resort.

Andrew Weibrecht secured a second United States podium presence with bronze, 0.36 behind.

It marked his first top three finish in his 117th World Cup start.

Hirscher had only gained one previous World Cup super-G podium, a third place in 2012, but is the reigning World Cup slalom and giant slalom champion, as well as world champion in the super combined.

“I’m the first surprised by my win," he admitted.

"I’m still not in the comfort or safety zone in super-G, so this result is great for me.

"I train so much in the tech disciplines, but I don’t get many training days in super-G - it was only four days so far this season.

"But super-G is kind of in between giant slalom and downhill, and today they were a couple of turns where you got to use your giant slalom turns, and that made the win possible.”

Aksel Lund Svindal's run of three consecutive World Cup victories came to an end following his downhill victory yesterday, however, with the Norwegian labouring home in 21st as conditions worsened later on.

Vonn, meanwhile, continued a near perfect weekend with another dominant downhill performance at Lake Louise.

The American produced a flawless performance in the Canadian resort, yelling "I love this place" as she crossed the finish line.

Her time of 1:50.43 put her more than a second ahead of second-placed Fabienne Suter of Switzerland.

Suter finished in 1:51.48, while Austria's Cornelia Huetter took bronze in 1:51.59.

Vonn, who equalled and then overtook Austria's Annemarie Moser-Proell for the most World Cup wins ever earlier this year, has now notched 35 downhill victories, just one less than Moser-Proell's record of 36. 

"Today I tried to limit my risk but at the same time my skis were so fast and the light was really flat and also it was a little more bumpy today, that I was kind of hanging on for dear life,” she said.

“I felt like I was trying to be aggressive and trying to still ski solidly but nothing was kind of going my way.

"I have to look at [the] video and see how it actually was compared to what it felt like."

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