LAKE LOUISE, Canada: Lindsey Vonn led the United States to a historic World Cup podium sweep on Saturday, cementing her return from injury with a triumph in the second Lake Louise downhill.

For her first victory since a high-speed crash in early 2013, the four-time overall World Cup champion charged down the 3km course in a time of one minute, 50.48 seconds, finishing 0.49 seconds ahead of teammate Stacey Cook.

Julia Mancuso rounded out the American sweep by finishing third with a time of 1:51.05. It was the first US one-two-three in the alpine World Cup.

“Every day has gotten better here,” said Vonn, who let out a whoop of delight when she saw her time. “Today I went a little bit more aggressive than I did yesterday and took some more chances. I’m finally feeling confident going fast again.

“I’m pushing the limits and I want more speed,” Vonn added. “I haven’t had that yet until today.”

The American speed queen tore her right knee ligaments and broke a bone in her leg in a super-G crash in February 2013 at the alpine World Championships.

She returned to racing nine months after the accident but her comeback was cut short when she re-injured the knee, forcing her to miss the Sochi Olympics where she had hoped to defend her 2010 Olympic downhill title.

Vonn started her 2014-15 season comeback on Friday when she finished eighth in the first of two weekend downhills in the Canadian Rockies.

Canada’s Larisa Yurkiw placed fourth Saturday with a time of 1:51.22 and Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was fifth in 1:51.24.

This marked the 15th career win for Vonn in “Lake Lindsey.” Vonn, who is racing with a brace on her right knee, won her first race in the Canadian Rockies in December 2004.

She said her experience at Lake Louise helped her in conditions made difficult by poor light.

“There’s been some changing terrain here over the last couple days,” she said. “Every day is a little bit different. I tried to pay a little more attention to that because obviously you couldn’t see it today. The light was really bad, but I know this course really well.”

Vonn’s performance caught the eye of boyfriend Tiger Woods, who was struggling with illness in his own return to competition across the continent in Florida on Saturday.

“I competed and Linds won,” the golf star said on Twitter, briefly summing up the day for the high-profile couple.

Three-time US Olympian Cook just missed posting her first career World Cup victory. She has now reached four podiums — all runner-up finishes in the downhill.

Mancuso, who won a gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2006 Turin Games, finished second in the Lake Louise super-G two years ago.

The Lake Louise races continue Sunday with a super-G