Werner’s combined total for two runs in the United resort was 2min 03.11sec, giving her a 0.13 seconds advantage over second-place Cynthia Serwaah of Canada at Mount van Hoevenberg Sliding Track.

Both athletes clocked 1:00.95 in their opening run, but a swifter second effort gave the Australian the advantage.

Werner’s ambitions are rising after the crushing disappointment she and her colleagues felt last year when, despite having qualified for the two-women bobsled at last year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang their entry was annulled at the last minute by Sliding Sports Australia, which ruled they were "not quite at that level for the peak of international competition".

Third place went to Canada’s Bianca Ribi, who totalled 2:03.99 to head team-mate Shelby Williamson, who recorded 2:04.46.

Following a training week with coaches and sleds provided by the IBSF, female bobsleigh pilots from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain and Jamaica are contesting the races.

In the course of this season, the IBSF has scheduled eight training and race events in this new discipline in Europe, the United States and Canada.

Athletes from 14 nations have taken part.

In July 2018, the International Olympic Committee decided to include women's monobob in the Olympic programme.

The event is due make its first Olympic appearance at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.