Badger52
03-10-2018, 09:49
Thought this was pretty cool (http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/03/10/dan-cnossen-navy-seal-veteran-and-double-amputee-wins-paralympic-biathlon-gold.html) - many forget these are still going on in Pyeong Chang.
A double-amputee Navy SEAL won a gold medal in biathlon Saturday at the PyeongChang Paralympics.
Dan Cnossen, who served in Afghanistan, won the first men’s biathlon event of PyeongChang Games, the 7.5-kilometer sitting competition with a victory margin of more than 10 seconds.
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Also winning a gold medal on Saturday in the women’s biathlon sitting classification was Kendall Gretsch, of Downers Grove, Ill.
Gretsch and Cnossen will go down in history as the first Americans to win biathlon gold in the Paralympic or Olympic Games, TeamUSA reported. The best-ever finish in either Games was Andy Soule’s bronze medal at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver.
A double-amputee Navy SEAL won a gold medal in biathlon Saturday at the PyeongChang Paralympics.
Dan Cnossen, who served in Afghanistan, won the first men’s biathlon event of PyeongChang Games, the 7.5-kilometer sitting competition with a victory margin of more than 10 seconds.
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Also winning a gold medal on Saturday in the women’s biathlon sitting classification was Kendall Gretsch, of Downers Grove, Ill.
Gretsch and Cnossen will go down in history as the first Americans to win biathlon gold in the Paralympic or Olympic Games, TeamUSA reported. The best-ever finish in either Games was Andy Soule’s bronze medal at the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver.