Bochet, winner of four Paralympic gold medals at Sochi 2014,, moved to an unassailable lead at the top of the standings with one race to go after she powered to another commanding success in 1min 16.64sec.

Stephanie Jallen of the United States was second, finishing in 1:20.80, ahead of Anna Jochemsen of The Netherlands.

The win for Bochet saw her clinch her third overall IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup crown of the season having wrapped up the slalom and giant slalom titles last week.

Paralympic champion Markus Salcher of Austria moved a step closer to topping the podium in the overall men’s standing downhill discipline as he added another triumph to his belt, clocking 1:12.68.

Australia’s Mitchell Gourley was almost two seconds adrift of the winning pace but remains in contention for the overall title with one race left to go.

Salcher currently sits on 300 points, 90 ahead of the Australian.

New Zealand’s Adam Hall came through to take third.

Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany, who claimed an impressive haul of five gold medals at Sochi 2014, made a winning return to the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup scene by edging American Laurie Stephens to victory with a time of 1:20.72 in the women's downhill sitting.

Overall leader Anna-Lena Forster, also of Germany, remains in pole position going in to tomorrow’s final race of the season as her third-place result consolidated her lead at the top of the leaderboard.

New Zealand’s Corey Peters kept his chances of clinching the men’s sitting crown alive as he beat Canada’s Kurt Oatway today in a time of 1:13.62.

Peters’ success moved him into second place on the standings behind Oatway, who has a 60-point advantage over the New Zealander heading into the last event of the campaign.

Menna Fitzpatrick, guided by Jennifer Kehoe, led home a British clean sweep in the women’s visually impaired as she crossed the line in 1:21.04 to edge Millie Knight, guided by Brett Wild.

Paralympic gold medallist Kelly Gallagher secured the final spot on the podium and the trio will now battle it out for the overall crown tomorrow, along with Belgian Eleonor Sana.

Mark Bathum of the United States, World Championships silver medallist in the men’s visually impaired downhill, claimed gold alongside guide Cade Yamamoto as they pipped overall leader Mac Marcoux, who is guided by his brother BJ, clocking 1:11.41.

Russia’s Ivan Frantsev, guided by German Agranovskii, remains on course for an overall top-three finish as he earned the bronze medal.

The final downhill races of the season in all the categories is due to take place tomorrow.