March 18, 2018 (Oslo, Norway) – The men’s 4×7.5km relay was the final race of the season for Team USA which is boycotting next week’s World Cup final in Russia.

It also marked the final race and storied careers of Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke. The 4-time Olympians, who grew up racing together in Lake Placid, closed out their careers on the same day.

It was a memorable day as Bailey and Burke teamed up with Sean Doherty and Leif Nordgren to finish 7th for the team’s best relay finish of the 2017-18 World Cup season, and second only to their 6th-place effort on the final day of the PyeongChang Winter Games.

The Americans used eight spares to finish at 2:01.5 behind Norway who won relay gold using only three spares. On the final leg Austria with five spares took over second from Russia who settled for third with five spares. Canada’s Christian and Scott Gow, Brendan Green and Macx Davies finished 16th with 10th spares.

Results here.