- I can hardly believe my eyes, says SVT commentator Peter Jonsson.
Despite seven barriers, the bronze medal was salvaged with the help of guide Daniel Rickardsson.
He was two seconds behind the silver finisher German Nico Meissinger who had only one barrier.
Ukraine's Oleksandr Kazik, who took gold with three bars, was 1.20 ahead of Modin, who was over a minute down to fourth place.
It was also a nice revenge from yesterday's washout in the ski sprint after a false start, a decision that was hard to swallow.