Slightly older audiences probably remember billiards star Torbjörn Blomdahl who frequently appeared on television in the 80s and 90s.

In fact, he should have already stopped at the age of 40, almost 22 years ago, but he recently won his 31st gold medal in SM.

– It was a hope. But no other work then appeared. So I continued for a few more years. But now one hand is starting to shake a little, so now it probably won't take many years, Torbjörn Blomdahl, now 61, tells SVT Sport.

“Everything is difficult”

Three-wall carom is the sport of billiards in which the cue ball must touch three of the walls of the table before hitting the last, out of two, balls in play. You can understand why it is called the world's most popular ball sport. difficult in the world.

– Maybe it's the truth. It's so complicated and difficult that it's hard to describe why. Everything is difficult. These are long distances. The ball doesn't roll straight across the table and there is a lot of detail on the speed of the ball and how hard you hit it, explains Torbjörn Blomdahl.

And it is precisely this difficulty that pushes him to remain one of the best in the sport.

– The Trevallars are so incredibly difficult that I'm still learning things and finding new variations of a stroke, he says.

50 years of career

Torbjörn Blomdahl has been playing billiards for 50 years. In all his years as a professional, he has a one-of-a-kind track record. Six gold medals in the World Championship, eleven gold medals in EC, 31 gold medals in SM and eleven overall victories in the World Cup.

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