(CNN) -- Lindsey Vonn will have to wait a little longer to equal the all-time record for World Cup race wins. 

Fresh from her triumph in Saturday's downhill at Val d'Isere, the American star had high hopes in the super-G but crashed out after hitting a gate mid-course. 

It left the way clear for Elisabeth Goergl to lead an Austrian one-two ahead of Olympic champion Anna Fenninger -- with World Cup overall points leader Tina Maze in third. 

For Vonn, who needs one more victory to tie the great Annemarie Moser Proll's record of 62 wins, there was disappointment but relief that she had escaped unscathed. 

She has only just returned to the alpine skiing circuit after right knee surgery which saw her miss the Olympic Games in Sochi earlier this year. 

"I was a little tired," Vonn admitted as she reflected on her mishap. 

"Yesterday was a great day, but a very long day and it takes a lot of energy. I skied pretty well on the top section and I was at my limit and I missed a little bit of elevation and I wasn't able to make the gate," she told the official website of the International Skiing Federation (FIS). 

"The positive thing is that my knees are good and I'm still going home for Christmas with a big smile." 

Goergl was also smiling after a superb display on the OK piste at the French resort, clocking a time of one minute 25.42 seconds. 

It left her just 0.05 faster than Fenninger, with Slovenia's ever-consistent Maze a further 0.08 seconds adrift. 
Who'd she tell that to?
she told the official website of the International Skiing Federation