Jansrud, gold medallist in the super-G at Sochi 2014, denied Svindal a sixth victory of the season after both advanced from an initial 32-man field to set up an all-Norwegian final in the exciting new format which gave skiers the opportunity to ski down both the red and the blue course.

From the quarter-finals onward, it was a knockout format 

"I've tried to beat him all year," said Jansrud following his victory over Svindal.

"I've been close a few times, but never really gotten there, but it's a little absurd to finally beat him now in a new parallel discipline.

"It was absurd the two of us coming all the way to the finals, there were some good vibrations in the start knowing that the grand final was with two downhill Norwegians."

Sweden’s Andre Myhrer beat Germany’s Dominik Schwaiger to third place, his first podium finish in almost two years.

Defending four-time overall champion Marcel Hirscher was eliminated in the first round of head-to-head action by Italy's Riccardo Tonetti.

The Austrian missed a gate on his opening run and now finds himself 57 points behind leader Svindal in the overall World Cup standings on 543.

It comes just a day after Hirscher became the first skier to win the Alta Badia giant slalom three years in a row.

Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, Germany’s Felix Neureuther and the United States’ Ted Ligety also suffered early elimination.

The event, making its debut on the World Cup circuit, was held at night under artificial lights.

Jansrud, who earned his first victory since March, is third in the World Cup standings on 407 points ahead of tomorrow’s slalom event in Madonna di Campiglio.