The Russian climber had won the opening two competitions in South Korea and China to assume the World Cup lead.

Tolokonina continued to show her superiority over the field by topping the semi-final standings at the Ice Dome, achieving a score of 18.320.

She progressed to the eight climber final as the clear favourite to secure gold, with her rivals having finished well down on her semi-final effort.

An error in the early stages of the final, though, saw the Russian fall off the wall, leaving her last of the finalists.

That allowed Woonseon Shin to celebrate victory, having set the standard in the final.

The South Korean topped the wall early on and finished the competition top of the standings.

Home favourite Sina Goetz also topped the wall, but the Swiss settled for second having achieved a slower time.

The bronze medal was earned by South Korea's Song Han Na Rai after she scored 17.260.

Yannick Glatthard gave the home crowd cause for optimism when he topped the semi-final standings in the men’s event.

He achieved a score of 21.270 to qualify in first place for the final, with Russia’s Nikolai Kuzovlev second on 20.250.

Glatthard backed up his performance in the final, as he topped the wall.

He achieved the features in a faster time than Kuzovlev, who was forced to settle for second place.

This followed World Cup wins for the Russian at the first two events.

The bronze medal went to Russia's Nikolay Primerov, who scored 16.230.

The fourth World Cup of the season is due take place at Rabenstein in Italy from February 1 to 3.