The Spanish Olympic committee did not expect anything from us.
They would have been satisfied if we passed the first elimination round and nothing more.
The first team we went up against in the elimination round was Denmark.
The Danish team were a good reference point, as they had performed at a similar level to us.
Individually and as a team we were very similar.
The moment we got into the final, everything changed. People started to pay attention to the competition.
As journalists and fans filled up the stands, our coach took us into a tent to get away from the crowd.
In the first round, we took a lead of 8 points as one of the archers from Finland made a mistake and got a 4.
That helped us relax, as we had a bigger advantage compared to the matches against the British and the Unified teams.
In the third round there was some tension as we got a yellow card.
Juan Carlos crossed the line as we were loosing time in between shots,
and in that round our lead got reduced to only three points.
I remember on the last arrow, from the corner of my eye I could see that Tomi Poikolainen had fired his last...
...arrow and everyone turned their attention to me for my last shot in the final.
I remember that after I shot the last arrow, I turned to Alfonso and said "What?"
Alfonso said "Wow"
At that moment I put my hand to my head and it felt incredible. It was so unexpected.
Getting up on the podium, I felt all the events up to that point fast forwarding through my mind,
including leaving my family and friends in Asturias.
You get a knot in your throat when you see your flag being raised in front of you.
It's an indescribable moment, which is impossible to put into words.