Bertagnolli delighted the home crowd in the Super-G part of the event by finishing the course in a time of 1min 5.75sec, giving him a three second advantage over his nearest rival Mac Marcoux of Canada.

Despite posting only the fourth fastest slalom time, Bertagnolli and his guide Fabrizio Casal would hold on to secure gold in a combined time of 1:50.49.

Marcoux settled for second in 1:51.97, while a time of 1:52.28 was enough for Slovakia’s Jakub Krako to take bronze.

Slovakia’s Henrieta Farkasova retained her world title in the women’s visually impaired event, as she clocked a time of 1:58.89 with Natalia Subrtova.

Her efforts were enough to see off the challenge of Britain’s Millie Knight, with newly crowned downhill champion ending as the runner-up by finishing in 2:03.63 with her guide Brett Wild.

The United States’ Staci Mannella was guided to bronze by Sadie de Baun as they completed the course in 2:07.92.

Australia’s Mitchell Gourley would earn a maiden world title in the men’s standing competition, 10 years after making his debut in the event.

He would end the super combined with a total time of 1:51.51, with Switzerland’s Robin Cuche and Austria’s Markus Salcher rounding off the podium in 1:53.15 and 1:53.81 respectively.

France’s Marie Bochet continued to be the dominant force in women’s standing events, as she secured her third gold in Tarvisio.

She crossed the line with a combined time of 2:00.63, with Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss ending a further three seconds back.

The podium was completed by Canada’s Alana Ramsay, who finished in 2:05.18.

After Germany’s reigning world champion Georg Kreiter failed to complete his first run in the men’s sitting, the title was up for grabs.

The Netherlands’ Jeroen Kampschreur took full advantage to win his first world title, clocking a time of 1:51.25.

Japan’s Taiki Morii and Takeshi Suzuki completed the podium, as they ended their runs in 1:52.29 and 1:52.70 respectively.

Paralympic champion Anna Schaffelhuber won the women’s sitting in 2:00.27, as Austria’s defending champion Claudia Loesch was nearly six seconds off the pace.

Schaffelhuber’s fellow German Anna-Lena Forster completed the top three, winning bronze in 1:06.88.