Daniel Bakka Everton Bailey (born 9 September 1986) is a sprinter from

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who specializes in the

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Career

Bailey represented Antigua and Barbuda at the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. Bailey took up running at the age of 11, but preferring cricket and football, he only became a serious athlete at the age of 16. In Beijing at the 2008 Olympics, he competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed second in his heat, just four-hundredths of a second after

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in a time of 10.24 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he improved his time to 10.23 seconds. However, he was unable to qualify for the semifinals as he finished in fourth place after

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, Walter Dix, and Derrick Atkins. Bailey made a strong start to the 2009 athletics season, recording a personal best of 10.02 seconds and a windy 9.93 seconds in the 100 m in early May. He broke new ground at the South American Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet, becoming the first athlete to run under ten seconds on the continent. His run of 9.99 seconds (achieved despite a headwind) was a new personal best. He again lowered this mark to 9.96 seconds in Rome at the

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meet and a week later in Paris ran 9.91 seconds, to finish second to his training partner

, setting a new national record for

. He was the first Antiguan athlete to qualify for the finals of the men's 100-metre at that year's

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. He won the bronze medal in the

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at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Finishing in 6.57 seconds, he became Antigua's first ever medallist in the event and said he hoped the medal win would bode well for the summer. He competed on the 2010 IAAF Diamond League circuit, taking third over 100 m at the

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and

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(running a wind-assisted 9.92 seconds at the latter meet). He was fourth at the

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and had a season's best of 10 seconds flat at the

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in Paris, where he was also fourth. His major competition performances that year were at the 2010 CAC Games, where he was the 100 m silver medallist behind

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, and the

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, where he was also runner-up against

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. He also led off the winning Americas relay team at the Continental Cup. Missing the 2011 indoor season, he opened the year in Jamaica and achieved a personal best over

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with a run of 20.51 sec at the UTech Classic in April. A wind-assisted run of 9.94 sec in the 100 m followed at the Jamaica Invitational. He headed to Europe with his training partner

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(another trainee of Glen Mills), and his trip was highlighted by a win in 9.97 seconds in

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. The 24-year-old saw his time in Europe as a way of accustoming himself to competing abroad: "Here I learned how to acclimatise and cope with different eating habits". He was Antigua and Barbuda's flag bearer at the 2012 Summer Olympics but did not qualify from his heat. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he was the flag bearer for Antigua and Barbuda. He again competed at the

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. During the 100 m event, he finished 2nd in his heat and qualified for the semifinals but did not start. He was again the flag bearer during the Parade of Nations.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.Bailey Daniel biography

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. Retrieved 30 May 2009.

International competitions

¹ Did not start in the final.
² Did not finish in the semifinal.
³ Did not start in the semifinal.

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