Before Friday's competition in French Megève, the 21-year-old was third in the hump cup, which meant that he was directly qualified among the top 16 in the final.

Among the 16 in the final, Walter Wallberg finished second, a small unsuccessful landing in the super final meant that the Swede was defeated by Mikaël Kingsbury, Canada, and Ikuma Horishima, Japan.

"I'm happy with the day, it was a fantastic fun competition.

It is always fun to compete in the evening with a good audience.

But I had more to give, I missed a bit on the second jump where I lost points.

But I had better technical points than both Horoshima and Kingsbury, but otherwise I am happy even if I start to get a little tired of coming third now ", he says in a press release.

"Had them tough in the beginning"

He finished third in Megève - which meant that he secured third place in the hump cup.

Wallberg is also third in the total hump cup and in the parallel hump cup before tomorrow's parallel competitions.

“Fun to come third in the overall cup.

After coming back from injury, it was a bit tough in the beginning and then getting so many podium finishes and also the gold from Beijing is a fantastic season ”.

Ludvig Fjällström finished fourth in the super final.