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SCHLADMING, Austria — The American skiing star Lindsey Vonn crashed during the super-G race at the world championships Tuesday and was evacuated by helicopter off the course to a hospital.

After fog delayed the race for more than three hours, Vonn was leading in the top split of the race. She crashed after launching off a jump midway down the track. She was catapulted about 500 feet down the course and became unbalanced off the jump. When she landed, she caught an odd angle with her right leg.

Her serviceman Heinz Hammerle said he believed Vonn sustained an injury to her right knee.

Vonn had won 18 of the last World Cup 28 super-G races. Tina Maze of Slovenia, the World Cup overall leader, won the race. Lara Gut of Switzerland placed second and Julia Mancuso of the United States placed third.

Vonn returned to racing in January after missing nearly a month of the season as she recovered from an intestinal illness.