Tsubaki Miki won the women's parallel giant slalom in Chiesa in Valmalenco ©Getty Images

Tsubaki Miki and Ben Heldman have taken the first gold medals of the Alpine Snowboard Junior World Championships following sublime performances in the parallel giant slalom in Italy.

Japan's Miki secured her first junior world title in Chiesa in Valmalenco, following six previous silver medals.

The Beijing 2022 Olympian outpaced Seo-hee Jang of South Korea in the final to earn the women's title. 

Switzerland's Flurina Neva Baetschi beat Weronika Dawidek of Poland through the course's 19 gates to win the bronze medal.

Canada's Heldman then also struck gold, fresh from triumphing in the Nor-Am Cup parallel giant slalom last month.

Max Kühnhauser of Germany took the silver medal as the beaten finalist.

South Korean Ma Jun-ho beat Mike Santuari of Italy in the face for bronze.

Chiesa in Valmalenco is staging the three-day Alpine Snowboard Junior World Championships event ©Getty Images
Chiesa in Valmalenco is staging the three-day Alpine Snowboard Junior World Championships event ©Getty Images

The results see Japan lead in the Marc Hodler Trophy race as they now sit on 92 points.

The United States, Germany and Switzerland are in a close fight for the podium places with 57, 53 and 51 points, respectively.

The standings also take into account results from Leysin and Veysonnaz in Switzerland, where other International Ski Federation Junior World Championship have or are being held.

The competition continues tomorrow in Lombardy with the men's and women's parallel slalom, before the parallel team discipline concludes the event on Saturday (April 2).