Having earned his first victory in the speed event yesterday, Oatway proved able to repeat the feat in the French resort, clocking a time of 1min 12.35sec.

His nearest challenge came from home skier Frederic Francois, the Frenchman clocking 1:13.35 to win the silver medal ahead of the world champion Corey Peters, the New Zealander achieving 1:13.45.

Canada ended the competition with two gold medals for the second consecutive day, as Mac Marcoux skied to victory in the visually impaired.

The Paralympic giant slalom champion at Sochi 2014 achieved a time of 1:13.08, alongside brother BJ, to beat Slovakia’s Miroslav Haraus and guide Maros Hudik after they managed 1:14.69.

Italy’s Giacomo Bertagnolli and his guide Fabrizio Casal completed the podium in 1:14.84.

Paralympic champion Markus Salcher, meanwhile, earned the men’s standing honours after racing to a time of 1:12.93.

The Austrian has ow won every downhill race in Tignes since 2012.

World champion Alexey Bugaev of Russia and Switzerland’s Thomas Pfyl completed the podium in times of 1:15.45 and 1:15.62 respectively.

The women’s standing events continue to be dominated by France’s Marie Bochet, with the world and Paralympic champion winning in 1:18.20.

Her time proved enough to continue her unbeaten record so far this season as Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss was more than three seconds adrift in second.

The Netherlands’ Anna Jochemsen was able to claim the bronze medal after finishing the event with a time of 1:23.83.

Germany’s Anna-Lena Forster was able to win her second successive women’s sitting event as 1:21.60 proved enough to beat Japan’s Momoka Muraoka and America’s Laurie Stephens, who achieved 1:22.06 and 1:23.89 respectively.

The sole racer in the women’s visually impaired event, Eleonor Sana of Belgium, finished in a time of 1:25.66 after being guided by her sister Chloe.

The World Cup event is due to conclude tomorrow with super-G competition.