Val d'Isere, France - Carlo Janka of Switzerland won the world championship giant slalom on Friday, exactly two months after getting his first World Cup win on the same hill.

Janka, 22, led the way after the first run and hung on to it in the second despite a mistake, winning in a combined total 2 minutes 18.82 seconds to take the gold after downhill bronze on Saturday.

Olympic champion Benjamin Raich gave the Austrian men their first medal in Val d'Isere, a silver in 1:19.53. Ted Ligety of the United States rose from ninth to third in 2:19.81 minutes.

Janka claimed his first career World Cup win on December 13 on the Val d'Isere hill. He also won a super-combined event in Wengen in January.

It was the second gold for the Swiss in Val d'Isere, following Didier Cuche's super-g title. The Swiss also have three silvers and a Janka's downhill bronze to top the medal table. (dpa)