Dog crashes women’s Olympic team sprint race, crosses finish line in wild scene

Among the many finishers of the cross-country race for the Olympic ladies’s group in Tesero on Wednesday weren’t solely folks, but additionally a canine.

As the previous couple of athletes completed their race, a canine wandered onto the course and sprinted throughout the end line with them, a lot to the delight of the group. The canine initially took within the scene as he entered the course and solely took off towards the end line when he observed the racers.

The canine’s title is Nazgul and its homeowners are associated to an occasion official to NPR. Nazgul is a 2-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfdog.

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A canine roams the ski slope in the course of the ladies’s group cross-country free dash qualifying occasion of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on the Tesero Cross-Nation Snowboarding Stadium in Lago di Tesero, Val di Fiemme, Italy. February 18, 2026. (Anne-Christine POUJOULAT/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

“He was crying greater than regular this morning as a result of he noticed us leaving — and I believe he simply wished to observe us,” the homeowners, who have been granted anonymity, informed NPR. “He is at all times searching for folks.”

Nazgul’s shock efficiency didn’t seem to have a serious impact on the race as the highest medalists had already crossed the end line. The timekeepers even took a photograph of the canine crossing the end line.

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On this picture, taken from an Olympic Broadcasting Providers (OBS) video, a canine runs onto the monitor close to the end line in the course of the ladies’s cross-country ski group dash free heats on the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Tesero, Italy. February 18, 2026. (Olympic broadcasting providers by way of AP)

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Though Nazgul’s efficiency on the monitor didn’t have a serious influence on the race, it did have an effect on the psychological state of the racers.

“I assumed, ‘Am I hallucinating?'” Croatian skier Tena Hadzic mentioned, in line with NPR. “I do not know what to do as a result of he may assault and chew me.”

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A canine roams the ski slope in the course of the ladies’s cross-country free dash qualifying occasion of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on the Tesero Cross-Nation Snowboarding Stadium in Lago di Tesero, Val di Fiemme, Italy. February 18, 2026. (Anne-Christine POUJOULAT/AFP by way of Getty Photographs)

Hadzic did say she in all probability misplaced a couple of seconds as a result of she bought so flustered, however mentioned it wasn’t that massive of a deal as a result of she wasn’t in medal rivalry.

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