Bjorn Ferry bagged Sweden's first men's biathlon gold in 50 years yesterday when he muscled past Austrian Christoph Sumann taking silver and France's Vincent Jay to win the pursuit title.
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Bjorn Ferry bagged Sweden's first men's biathlon gold in 50 years yesterday when he muscled past Austrian Christoph Sumann taking silver and France's Vincent Jay to win the pursuit title.
"Everything came together today," said Ferry's German coach Wolfgang Pichler.
Jay's medal followed his gold success Saturday in the 10km sprint, which meant he started Tuesday's race first.
He ended 28.2sec adrift of Ferry, who dethroned French 2006 champion Vincent Defrasne in style, the latter coming in 22nd more than two minutes off the pace.
Ferry's previous main successes comprised a world title in the mixed relay and two World Cup pursuit races.
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