Six at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics. Four now. Aaron Lindström is going from strength to strength on the alpine slopes. Still, the Swede is not satisfied with fourth place in the downhill.
"I had a good ride, but not having the tenths on my side is really disappointing. It's a bit hard to see the positives right now," he says.
The Milan-Cortina Paralympics are also the first time that Russia and Belarus will be allowed to participate under their national flags since the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Several countries boycotted the inauguration to protest the decision. Sweden did not participate either, but called it a "marking in solidarity" with Ukraine.
Aaron Lindström is also critical, but tries not to spend too much energy on it, saying it was Bugajev who pushed him off the podium.
"It's sad. Nothing has changed in the war. But now they're here competing, so you can't focus on that. He happened to be Russian and took third place."
Lindström was 36 hundredths of a second away from a medal. Robin Cuche from Switzerland took the gold and Arthur Bauchet from France took the silver.
The Swede also wants to pay tribute to Ebba Årsjö, who took gold in the women's standing downhill.
"It's wonderful, really fun. A gold for Sweden. Just be happy for her."
Corrected: A previous version contained incorrect wording about Sweden's decision on the inauguration.
