"To get my first World Cup podium means the world to me. It feels amazing.
"It has been a goal of mine since I was a little kid and it was one of my biggest goals of this season, so I am absolutely over the moon," Harrington said.
After numerous delays due to gusty winds in Switzerland yesterday, the decision was made to cancel the World Cup finals, meaning the results from qualification earlier in the week stood as the final results.
Harrington, 20, of Wanaka, put down a super second qualification run, which was the top-scoring run in his heat.
His run included impressive tricks on the jumps and a clean and technical rail section. Harrington laced together a double cork 1440 safety grab into a right double cork 1620 tail grab into a switch right double 1440 on the jumps, before impressing the judges with a huge switch 720 on the quarter pipe.
Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli won gold and Austria’s with Lukas Muellauer won silver.
The podium finish was even sweeter for Harrington after he came so close at the same event last year, only to finish fourth.
"I have been waiting for my time to come and today was the right day, the right moment and I am so grateful.
"I am comfortable on this course and had such a great time last time so I was feeling really good coming into this competition," Harrington said.
Ruby Star Andrews, 19, of Queenstown, and Ben Barclay, 22, of Auckland, were set to compete in their respective finals, but due to the cancellation, Andrew finished fourth in the women’s competition and Barclay 11th in the men’s competition.
