Dog disrupts Olympic team sprint
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A dog ran onto the cross-country ski course in Lago di Tesero during team-sprint qualifying at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics and sprinted to the finish behind competitors.
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by Jaakko Husa
Finally, even I find olympics interesting.
February 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Finally, even I find olympics interesting.
"He was chasing the camera that goes up and down the finish line. He was cute but not aggressive. I wanted to pet him, but I didn't have the time and I couldn't find him afterwards."
-Greece's Konstantina Charalampidou
NO TIME FOR PETS? RULE CHANGES ARE NEEDED
cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social
-Greece's Konstantina Charalampidou
NO TIME FOR PETS? RULE CHANGES ARE NEEDED
cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
February 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
"He was chasing the camera that goes up and down the finish line. He was cute but not aggressive. I wanted to pet him, but I didn't have the time and I couldn't find him afterwards."
-Greece's Konstantina Charalampidou
NO TIME FOR PETS? RULE CHANGES ARE NEEDED
cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social
-Greece's Konstantina Charalampidou
NO TIME FOR PETS? RULE CHANGES ARE NEEDED
cc: @darthbluesky.bsky.social
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
February 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
Reposted by Judith Jesch, Dolly Jørgensen
Seems like a good time to mention the Bokkja i bakken (The Dog on the Hill) statue at the Holmenkollen Ski jump in Oslo - created by Elene Engelsen to celebrate the fact that the escape of a dog onto the jump happened so often it almost became tradition (photo (c) me from a trip last July)
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Seems like a good time to mention the Bokkja i bakken (The Dog on the Hill) statue at the Holmenkollen Ski jump in Oslo - created by Elene Engelsen to celebrate the fact that the escape of a dog onto the jump happened so often it almost became tradition (photo (c) me from a trip last July)
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
Reposted by Daxton R. Stewart, Jack Stilgoe, Sarah Young
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
February 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆
Reposted by Mary Jane Curry
For more than a thousand years, dogs have pulled sleds across the Arctic for Inuit seal hunters and fishermen. But this winter, in the town of Ilulissat, around 300km (186 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, that’s not possible.
A Greenland sled dog champion fears for his culture as climate change melts the ice
Dog sled culture in northern Greenland is at risk as climate change is causing the ice and snow to melt. In January, temperatures in the town of Ilulissat should be well below freezing but this year there was no snow and ice.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
For more than a thousand years, dogs have pulled sleds across the Arctic for Inuit seal hunters and fishermen. But this winter, in the town of Ilulissat, around 300km (186 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, that’s not possible.