The French skier had a scare yesterday when she lost the first run to Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss and only triumphed overall by a mere 0.28 seconds. 

But there would be no doubts today as she won both runs by a big margin for a winning time of 2 min 3.10sec.

"It’s a nice present to give to myself," Bochet said of her 10th consecutive gold medal this year.

"I’m happy with my race today, better than yesterday. 

"I think I showed better skiing so I’m very happy with that and I’m happy to get the gold for the birthday."

Rothfuss turned too early in the last part of the course today, missing a gate, and was unable to return to the race. 

Her German team-mate Anna-Maria Rieder took the silver medal in 2:08.80, while Japan’s Ammi Hondo was third in 2:14.75.

On the second of three days dedicated to giant slalom competition, world champion Marek Kubacka was back on top of the podium in the men’s visually impaired after losing out to Slovakian team-mate Miroslav Haraus yesterday.

He and his guide Maria Zatovicova won the first run, despite getting distracted by cheering spectators at the top of the course, and they were even stronger on their second try, going under the one-minute mark to register an overall time of 1:57.89.

Haraus and his guide Maros Hudik finished second in 1:59.51, while the United States' Kevin Burton and guide Kurt Grimmelmann wrapped up the podium in 2:04.41.

Switzerland's Theo Gmur delighted the home crowd with victory in the men's standing event.

Having finished second yesterday, Gmur came out in full force today and clocked a blistering first-run time of 55.82 on his way to posting 1:50.92 overall. 

France's Arthur Bauchet finished 0.15 seconds behind in second place.

Austria’s Markus Salcher had the best time in the second run, 53.64, and came third overall in 1:51.21.

World champion Momoka Muraoka of Japan secured a fourth straight women's sitting win in Veysonnaz with a time of 2:08.39.

The silver medal went to the US's Laurie Stephens, who struggled to make it onto the podium yesterday, in 2:12.02.

Australia’s Victoria Pendergast mounted another strong performance to follow-up on her silver medal-winning outing in the first giant slalom, finishing with the bronze medal in 2:13.11.

A rest yesterday added a fresh burst of energy to the skiing of Great Britain's Menna Fitzpatrick and Jennifer Kehoe as the the pair claimed their third women's visually impaired gold medal in Veysonnaz.

Fitzpatrick and Kehoe took a solid lead in the first run over Australia's Melissa Perrine and Bobbi Kelly and it proved to be enough to keep their sole rivals at bay in the overall result, winning by a margin of 0.59 seconds with a time of 2:07.77.

In men's sitting, world champion Jeroen Kampschreur of The Netherlands went one gold up on his rival, Paralympic champion Jesper Pedersen of Norway, by winning the second giant slalom in 1:56.71.

Pedersen finished 2.04 seconds behind in the runners-up spot, while Switzerland’s Christoph Kunz took the bronze medal after ending up 3.20 seconds back.

Action in Veysonnaz is due to conclude tomorrow with the third and final giant slalom races.