The 21-year-old standing skier, who claimed a quintet of titles two years ago as a teenager in La Molina, Spain, continued a remarkable three year period during which she has also won four Paralympic gold medals at Sochi 2014. 

It was the slalom which slipped from her grasp in Sochi after a crash on the Russian slopes, but, in an twist of fate, it was German Paralympic champion Andrea Rothfuss who suffered a similar fall this time around.

That left Bochet as the clear favourite, and although the French star trailed Russia's Mariia Papulova by 0.01 seconds after run one, Bochet showed her class to set a combined time of 1min 58.67sec.

"It's been a very difficult day," the record-breaker admitted afterwards.

"It's not so easy, the first run was very icy and I didn't find the right route and maybe I didn't really wake-up.

"I was a little nervous maybe because it was the first slalom in the big event since Sochi and I just wanted to be the world champ."

Papulova settled for silver, while Romania's Laura Valeanu claimed a first major international medal with bronze. 

Alexey Bugaev of Russia has proved unbeatable on the Canadian slopes, winning five gold medals at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama ©AFP/Getty Images



Bochet was not the only young star to win all five events in Panorama, as Russia's Alexey Bugaev performed a similar feat in the corresponding men's standing class. 

The 17-year-old finished six seconds clear of team mate Alexander Alyabyev, while Canada's Matt Hallat secured some host nation success with bronze in the final race of his career.

Elsewhere, there was a third gold medal for Austria's Claudia Loesch in the sitting class, meaning German silver medallist Anna Schaffelhuber had to settle for just two victories over the week after finishing an agonising 0.10 seconds behind. 

Japan's Takeshi Suzuki continued his Sochi 2014 gold medal winning form by winning the men's sitting class ahead of team mate Taiki Morii, while 2013 silver medallist Aleksandra Frantceva of Russia claimed visually impaired honours along with guide Semen Pliaskin.

As in the giant slalom events on Sunday (March 8), a superb day for Russia also included Sochi 2014 champion Valerii Redkozubov teaming up with guide Evgeny Geroev to win the men's visually impaired event.

Russia duly finished top of the medals table with 10 golds in a 19 medal total haul.

France finished second with five gold, one silver and one bronze and Germany third with four gold, six silver and three bronze.

More than100 athletes from 23 countries have attended the week-long event, which was the biggest gathering of Alpine skiers since Sochi 2014.

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