Australian Winter Paralympian Jessica Gallagher has continued her charge towards the Sochi Games with a second gold medal in an IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup.
Gallagher and her sighted guide Christian Geiger won gold in the giant slalom with a commanding 6.28 second lead over silver medal winner and teammate Melissa Perrine and her guide Andrew Bor.
Great Britain's Jade Etherington finished 8.84 seconds behind for bronze.
It was the second gold medal of the season for Gallagher, after winning her first the day before in the slalom.
The 27-year-old vision-impaired athlete joined forces with her new guide Geiger at the Australian-hosted IPC World Cup in Thredbo last September, where they won a silver and bronze medal.
Perrine, 25, has also ramped up her push for a medal at the Sochi Paralympics in March, having won two gold, two silver and one bronze World Cup medals since the start of 2014.
Having finished in fourth position after the first run of the giant slalom, Perrine and Bor were able to improve their time by 5.26 seconds to nab the silver medal.
Australia finished the North American leg of the IPC World Cup with three gold, three silver and one bronze medal in the alpine skiing events with Matt Robinson taking out gold and silver medals in snowboard cross.
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