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Dog Dashes to Olympic Fame on Cross-Country Course
21 Feb
Summary
- A dog named Nazgul escaped and ran onto an Olympic course.
- Nazgul sprinted down the finishing straight alongside skiers.
- The dog became an unexpected star of the Milano Cortina Games.

During the Winter Olympics, a dog named Nazgul provided an unexpected moment of viral fame. His family had left him at home in Tesero while they attended the biathlon competition on Wednesday, February 18th. However, the two-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfdog managed to escape his kennel.
Nazgul made his way onto a nearby Olympic cross-country course. In a surprising turn of events, he sprinted down the finishing straight, paralleling the skiers. This impromptu appearance turned Nazgul into an unlikely star of the Milano Cortina Games.




