Hirscher, who was victorious in the men's giant slalom event and took silver in the alpine combined earlier this week, was the favourite at the start of the competition and looked ominous throughout.

The Austrian led after the first run, in which he posted a time of 46.43sec, before completing the second run in a time of 48.32.

The overall FIS World Cup leader also won the slalom title at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming and regained his crown after posting a combined time of 1:34.75 to finish 0.68 clear of his nearest rival.

Another Austrian, Manuel Feller, took second in an combined time of 1:35.43.

Felix Neureuther of Germany secured the bronze medal with his time of 1:35.68.

Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway, currently second place in the overall FIS World Cup standings, finished narrowly outside the medal positions in fourth for the second time this week.

A time of 1:35.79 led the Norwegian to narrowly miss out on a medal in similar fashion to the giant slalom on Friday (February 17).

Today's slalom competition brought the championships to a close.

"The St Moritz Organisers did a world class job of hosting these World Championships," said FIS President Gian Franco Kasper.

"They were ready to deal with a first week of challenging weather, whilst the sunny skies the second week gave St Moritz a chance to truly shine.

"The enthusiasm of the officials, volunteers and spectators with their great vocal support created a fantastic atmosphere that gave all the athletes from 76 participating nations the ideal backdrop to shine.”