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Related: About this forumVery good dog invades course but falls short of medal glory at Winter Olympics
https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/winter-olympics-dog-crashes-womens-cross-country-event-crosses-finish-line/VOPQS355UBDRNON3KRZJTQ3TV4/Very good dog invades course but falls short of medal glory at Winter Olympics
Tom Lutz
Wed 18 Feb 2026 10.02 EST
A local dog has missed out on a historic cross-country medal at the Winter Olympics despite a lung-bursting surge in the homestretch.
Nazgul, who according to NPR lives at a nearby hotel in Tesero, broke on to the course on Wednesday morning and sprinted for the line behind Croatias Tena Hadzic as she came to the end of the qualifying race for womens team cross-country sprint. Even if he had completed the entire race, Nazguls time would not have counted as he is male. And a dog.
I was like, Am I hallucinating? Hadzic said of her encounter with Nazgul, a Czechoslovakian wolfdog. I dont know what I should do, because maybe he could attack me, bite me.
Once Nazgul had taken in the cheers of the adoring crowd, he was captured by race officials. Hadzic took the incident in her stride.
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Very good dog invades course but falls short of medal glory at Winter Olympics (Original Post)
cbabe
6 hrs ago
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cbabe
(6,479 posts)2. Is this humor? It's actually anti-trans. Consider deleting.
Marcuse
(8,871 posts)4. If necessary:
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cbabe
(6,479 posts)5. Sadly, it is probably necessary because of lurking trolls and right wing drift. Thanks for clarifying.
Bayard
(29,113 posts)3. Party on, pupster!