In the semifinals, the Swedes beat the gold favorites Shustrov / Gusev from Russia.

In the final, they faced Rinkevic / Bedritis from Latvia.

In the first set they were down 16-18 but they managed to turn to victory 21-18 after five straight points.

Set number two later ended 21-18 to the Swedes, who thus secured another European Championship gold.

David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig have now won everything you can win in European contexts.

You already have European Championship gold in both the U18 and U20 European Championships.

ARCHIVE: Succéduon aims for new European Championship gold (10 September 2020)

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Success duo aims for new European Championship gold Photo: SVT