Italy's Annika Sieff had begun the race with a 12-seconds lead over Hansen and Jenny Nowak of Germany, after winning the opening ski jump element with an effort of 98 metres on the normal hill.

But it was not sufficient to earn her a medal in this International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) event as Hansen, who had won the previous day’s 5km cross-country after jumping had been cancelled due to high winds, inexorably made up ground,

The Norwegian caught up with Sieff soon after the start and already had a 27.6sec lead after 1.2 km.

Sieff, weakened by a recent infection, dropped out of the medal placings, and Nowak was under extreme pressure as she passed the halfway point together with team-mate Nathalie Armbruster and Austria’s Lisa Hirner.

Hansen finished well clear in 14min 34.8sec, but the struggle for silver between the latter two skiers was intense, with Armbruster taking second place, 26.6sec behind the winner, and Hirner settling for bronze at +27.8sec, with Nowak fourth, Yuna Kasai of Japan fifth and Sieff sixth.

Victory in the men's event went to Germany’s Julian Schmid, who finished in 24min 39.5sec, 1.6sec clear of the previous day’s winner, Johannes Lamparter of Austria, and 1.8sec ahead of another Austrian, Franz-Josef Rehrl.

Japan's Ryota Yamamoto had won the morning’s ski jump with a distance of 95.5 metres to take a six-seconds lead into the 10km cross country race, but missed the podium by one place as he finished fourth after a photo-finish with Rehrl.

There was a large gap before the fifth finisher, Norway's Jens Oftebro, came home at +29.7sec, but the 45 points he earned helped him close the gap on his compatriot Jarl Magnus Riiber, four-times world champion and winner of the last four overall World Cup titles, in the overall standings.

Riiber, who has missed the last two competitions due to an intestinal parasite, has 558 points, with Oftebro on 544.