Loesch had secured a memorable home gold on the slopes of Kuhtai yesterday, but was left to settle for silver in today's giant slalom as Schaffelhuber stormed to victory in 2min 06.05sec, almost eight seconds clear of her rival.

Scheffelhuber's fellow German Anna Lena-Forster completed the podium as she claimed her second bronze in as many days.

There was further German success in the women's standing event, where Andrea Rothfuss eased down the slope in 2:04.08 to win her second gold medal of the Europa Cup.

Her time was more than six seconds clear of Russia's Mariia Papulova in second and 11 clear of Andrea Khorosheva in third, also of Russia.

There was more luck for Russian competitors in the men's visually impaired race as Valerii Redkozubov and guide Evgeny Geroev collected their second win in as many days, with the two fastest runs for a total time of 1:53.74.

Their teammates Ivan Frantcev and guide German Agranovskii stood on the second step of the podium, ahead of Slovakian Sochi silver medallist Jakub Krako, guided by Martin Motyka.

Valerii Redkozubov secured his second gold in as many days with victory in the men's visually impaired giant slalom at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in Kuhtai ©Getty Images



Great Britain's Mille Knight continued the back-to-back gold medal winning trend with her second victory of the competition.

Alongside guide Jen Kehoe, Knight finished her two runs in 2:18.82 to beat Belgium's Marie-Morgane Dessart by an impressive 15.81 seconds.

South Korea's Jae Rim Yang and guide Soo Young Lee did not start the leaving just the two competitors to battle for gold in this event.

Austrian racer Matthias Lanzinger took his first high-level victory of 2014/2015 in the men's standing category as he raced through his runs in 1:47.11.

The time saw the local favourite and super-combined world champion finish ahead of Russia's Alexey Bugaev and Switzerland's Thomas Pfyl in second and third respectively.

Japan tasted victory in the men's sitting class courtesy of double Paralympian Akira Kano in 1:58.37, whilst his teammate Takeshi Suzuki battled for position with Austria's Roman Rabl and Germany's Georg Kreiter.

Kreiter sat second after the first run, as Rabl and Suzuki finished in a tantalising dead heat.

But after a less-than-perfect last run for Kreiter knocked him out of medal contention, it was Rabl who claimed the spoils just 0.20 seconds ahead of Suzuki in third.

Races conclude with super-combined events tomorrow.

Skiers then head off for a short break before returning on January 8 for the first 2014/2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina, Spain.

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