Alongside his guide Maros Hudik, who he had claimed a silver medal with at last year's World Championships, Haraus recorded a blistering time at the Italian ski resort, crossing the line in 1min 16.76sec after two runs.

It earned him the notable scalp of Russia’s Valerii Redkozubov and his guide Evgeny Geroev, with the reigning world and Paralympic champions only proving able to stop the clock in 1:18.54.

Home favourite Giacomo Bertagnolli was guided to third place by Casal Fabrizio, the duo finishing in 1:20.13.

Russia were able to celebrate success in other disciplines as Aleksei Bugaev earned his third straight victory in the men’s standing competition.

The Sochi 2014 gold medallist finishined in 1:15.59, earning the gold medal ahead of Swizterland’s Thomas Pfyl and America's James Stanton, four and five seconds behind their leader in their respective runs.

Stanton’s team-mate Tyler Walker recovered from fourth position after the first run, to break through the men’s sitting field to top the podium.

He ended the event with 1:20.67, earning a narrow victory over Japan’s Taiki Morii and France’s Frederic Francois, who clocked 1:21.15 and 1:21.55 respectively.

There was further success for the American team, with Staci Mannella earning her second successive visually impaired slalom win, being guided to a time of 1:37.72 by Sadie De Baun.

South Korea’s Jae Rim Yang and Un So Ri Ko earned silver in 1:38.16, while Mannella’s team-mates Danelle and Rob Umstead crossed in third, a further two seconds off the pace.

Germany’s five-time Paralympic gold medallist Anna Schaffelhuber earned the women’s sitting title, finishing in 1:27.45, with compatriot Anna-Lena Forster second, five seconds behind.

Laurie Stephens finished in 1:38.43 to earn the United States team another medal.

France's Marie Bochet continued her winning run in the women’s standing event, the world champion recording 1:23.21, with Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss and America's Stephanie Jallen ending in 1:30.15 and 1:30.86 respectively.