It came in the final event before the World Championships get underway in Tarvisio in Italy on Sunday (January 22).

Grochar, who is unbeaten in slalom standing events this season, clocked a combined time of 1min 30.22sec across his two runs.

This saw him narrowly edge-out fellow countryman Martin Wuerz, who was second in 1:30.43, and Australia's Mitchell Gourley in 1:31.24.

Skiers from The Netherlands, Slovakia, Canada, Italy and Germany all also enjoyed slalom gold medal success today.

Dutch star Jeroen Kampschreur fought off a challenge from Japan’s World Championships silver medallist Taiki Morii to claim the men’s sitting spoils.

He won in 1:27.05 to finish two seconds in front of Mori, despite the Asian contender's second run of 43.03 being the fastest individual effort of the day.

United States' Joshua Elliott secured his first World Cup slalom top-three finish in third in 1:29.57.

Canada’s Alana Ramsay continued her good form in the women's standing event by finishing just 0.15 seconds in front of US rival Stephanie Jallen. 

Ramsay finished in 1:41.03 as Germany's Anna-Maria Rieder placed third in 1:42.30.

Rieder's team-mate Anna Schaffelhuber triumphed over Austria’s world title holder Claudia Loesch in the women’s sitting event.

The German star followed her giant slalom victory yesterday by clocking 1:43.88.

Loesch finished in a combined time of 1:43.88 as Momoka Muraoka of Japan registered 1:44.50 for bronze.

Italy’s Giacomo Bertagnolli was another winner for a second successive day alongside guide Fabrizio Casal in the men's visually impaired category.

He clocked 1:26.32 to beat Slovakia's Miroslav Haraus, in 1:28.89, and Maiztegui Santacana of Spain, who managed 1:30.22.

Slovakia’s Paralympic bronze medallist Henrieta Farkasova won the corresponding women's event with guide Natalia Subrtova in 1:35.97.

The US took silver and bronze courtesy of Staci Manella, in 1:41.08, and Danielle Umstead, in 1:49.65.

Only three teams competed in the event.