Biathlon - IBU World Championships - Men's 15km Individual - Hochfilzen, Austria - 16/2/17 - Ondrej Moravec of Czech Republic in action. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
HOCHFILZEN, AUSTRIA (Reuters) - 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.
Lowell was a perfect 20 for 20 shooting before making a helter-skelter dash for the finish line, finally crossing it 3.3 seconds faster than Ondrej Moravec of the Czech Republic and 21.2 seconds ahead of France's Martin Fourcade.
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