Lanišek narrowly held off season opener winner Karl Geiger of Germany for the gold medal with a total of 311.9 points, 1.6 in front of the silver medallist.

The Slovenian was second yesterday behind Ryōyū Kobayashi of Japan, who was the third from three this season after Geiger and defending World Cup champion Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway.

It is also his first World Cup gold medal of his career.

Markus Eisenbichler finished third for the second event in a row with 305.2.

Geiger's silver made it his third podium of the year to maintain his lead in the standings.

Marius Lindvik of Norway was fourth, in front of Slovenian brothers Cene and Peter Prevc in fifth and sixth.

Austrians Stefan Kraft and Manuel Fettner were seventh and eighth, and Germans Stephan Leyhe and Andreas Wellinger completed the top 10.

Granerud missed out on the final runs after qualifying in 53rd.

The next leg of the World Cup is scheduled to take place on December 5 in the Polish town of Wisła.