Ed Ling knows what it takes to make the Olympic Games - now he’s ready to play a starring role too.
Ling, who competes in shooting’s trap qualification on Sunday, was just 21 when he made his debut in 2004, finishing 25th, while eight years later he ranked 21st.
But a silver medal at the World Championships in Grenada two years ago gives the 32-year old hope that age and experience could be decisive - as he seeks to follow the lead of Peter Wilson, who won double trap gold four years ago.
"I'm going to use all my past experiences but I have to make it just another competition in my mind,” he said.
“London was an amazing experience and to have everyone supporting was great but it wasn't easy. Being out in Rio might be easier, as we don't have the same pressures to contend with.
"It has been great four years for shooting in this country. Peter's gold opened us up to a new audience and has put the sport on the map. It is good for the future of the sport.
"I want to get out there and win gold too now but if I get out there and hit as many targets as I know I can do then I will come home happy.
“Preparations have been good, I’ve had an incredible amount of support thanks to funding from UK Sport and the National Lottery, so I’m just going to dive straight in and see what happens.
"It's the pinnacle of your career but I'm trying to approach it like another event. Once you stand on your station, you have to turn off all the emotion of it being the Olympics and just allow your experience to kick in and perhaps that's going to be easier at the third attempt.
"I'm going out there to break clays but if I hit form like I know I can, it will be a good day."
Ling’s selection was confirmed last November, meaning he’s had eight months to tailor his training and peak when it matters in the days ahead.
And he insists it’s something he was born to do.
"We run a family farm in Somerset so my dad got me in the back of a barn with a gun shooting targets,” he added.
“I enjoyed it, went on and started shooting competitions and was in the British squad the following year.
“Once you get a taste of the Olympics it hooks you. It becomes your dream but you can’t get too emotional about it. You have to focus on the job, not all the extra attention that comes with the Games.”
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