"'Giving this to you is the greatest honor of my life,'" Cobb said he told Bailey on the podium. "This is the most perfect day of my biathlon career," Bailey told reporters on site in Austria. "It was good to be on the podium with Martin and Ondrej, from two of the strongest nations fighting for clean sport," Bailey told ESPN Thursday. The moment was almost as sweet for U.S. Biathlon Association president and CEO Max Cobb, who spoke to ESPN after presenting Bailey with his gold medal. Lowell Bailey hit all 20 targets to win the 20-kilometer individual competition at the biathlon world championships -- the first gold, and only the fourth medal, to be won by an American at the event.
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Biathlon - IBU World Championships - Men's 15km Individual - Hochfilzen, Austria - 16/2/17 - Ondrej Moravec of Czech Republic, Lowell Bailey from the U.S. and Martin Fourcade of France react. Moravec was also perfect in his shooting, but with the Austrian crowd roaring him on, Lowell powered through the final kilometer to grab the gold. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerHOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA American Lowell Bailey pulled off one of the biggest upsets in biathlon history as he took the gold medal following a thrilling spurt to the finish to the men's 20km individual race at the World Championships on Thursday. Barely allowing his pulse to settle at the ranges, the 35-year-old American rattled off his shots with pinpoint accuracy, giving him the perfect platform for a golden victory. (Reporting by Philip O'Connor in Stockholm; Editing by Jon Boyle)
HOCHFILZEN, Austria — Lowell Bailey of Lake Placid, New York, made history on Thursday as he became the first U.S. athlete to win an individual gold medal in the International Biathlon Union World Championships. "Lowell would certainly be considered an old athlete at this point, to be considered as someone who would win a world championship," Shepard said. "He's had an outstanding career on the national team, he's done everything that an organization like Maine Winter Sports Center or U.S. Biathlon could have asked of an athlete," Shepard said. He topped Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic by 3.3 seconds and 11-time world champ Martin Fourcade of France by 21.2 seconds. I kept saying that in the last loop today."Before Thursday, U.S. biathletes had earned only two individual medals at world championships in the program's history.
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Quick-fire Bailey storms to individual biathlon gold
Biathlon - IBU World Championships - Men's 15km Individual - Hochfilzen, Austria - 16/2/17 - Ondrej Moravec of Czech Republic, Lowell Bailey from the U.S. and Martin Fourcade of France react. Moravec was also perfect in his shooting, but with the Austrian crowd roaring him on, Lowell powered through the final kilometer to grab the gold. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerHOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA American Lowell Bailey pulled off one of the biggest upsets in biathlon history as he took the gold medal following a thrilling spurt to the finish to the men's 20km individual race at the World Championships on Thursday. Barely allowing his pulse to settle at the ranges, the 35-year-old American rattled off his shots with pinpoint accuracy, giving him the perfect platform for a golden victory. (Reporting by Philip O'Connor in Stockholm; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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HOCHFILZEN, Austria — Lowell Bailey of Lake Placid, New York, made history on Thursday as he became the first U.S. athlete to win an individual gold medal in the International Biathlon Union World Championships. "Lowell would certainly be considered an old athlete at this point, to be considered as someone who would win a world championship," Shepard said. "He's had an outstanding career on the national team, he's done everything that an organization like Maine Winter Sports Center or U.S. Biathlon could have asked of an athlete," Shepard said. He topped Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic by 3.3 seconds and 11-time world champ Martin Fourcade of France by 21.2 seconds. I kept saying that in the last loop today."Before Thursday, U.S. biathletes had earned only two individual medals at world championships in the program's history.
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