It was silver for 21-year-old Victor Lindgren in the shooter’s 10 mm air rifle, in front of the eyes of IOC chairman Thomas Bach.
One of all who sat on the bench in front of the television broadcast in Sweden was his coach from four years ago, Paul Larm.
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– You have maximum heart rate from start to finish. But you could see from him that this could go far, and it did, says Larm to SVT Sport.
What made Victor take the silver today?
– What is one of Victor’s absolute strongest things is when he does a performance and notices that it was not 100 percent, he is a very good tactician and can see what it is that is not perfect, and then reload.
Aiming for finals in 2028
Lindgren’s and Larm’s long-term goal has actually been the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. But now the medal already came in Paris 2024. So the question is how far will it go in the USA in four years?
– He said earlier that “then I will absolutely win a medal!” But now the medal came. But it’s important that he just does his performance as well as he can, then we’ll see if it’s enough for the final, says Larm.
So you don’t dare promise an Olympic gold?
– Hahaha! No, he has to do that himself in that case.