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Very 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 Croatia’s Tena Hadzic as she came to the end of the qualifying race for women’s team cross-country sprint. Even if he had completed the entire race, Nazgul’s 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 don’t 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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Which would mean that per Olympic regulations, he is not eligible to compete with cis women, although trans women are, as I understand it. 
Seriously, I am very supportive of the trans community and sensitive to trans issues, but I honestly don't see it as anti trans to point out that this dog is a dude in every sense of the word. I think it would be nice if it was worded differently; i.e., "Even if he had completed the entire race, Nazgul’s time would not have counted as he is a cis male." But unfortunately, a lot of people might not know what meant, and all the transphobe bigots would have an excuse to pitch a hissy fit, which would suck. Sometimes you just can't win!
