Skiers in the women's cross-country team sprint at the Winter Olympics crossed the finish line with an unregistered competitor: an escaped dog.

Americans Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher finished in second place in the cross-country team sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

Dog steals show at finish line of Olympics cross-country skiing originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. This four-legged competitor saw a final straightaway and finished strong.

Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the men’s team sprint alongside teammate Einar Hedegart for his fifth gold medal of these Olympics, having moved away from the pack in the final lap of six. The victory brings him one gold medal away from a historic clean sweep of the cross-country events, should he win Saturday’s 50km race.

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Team USA claimed silver in the men's Team Sprint Free on Wednesday. The American duo of Ben Ogden and Gus Schumacher posted a time of 18:30.35.

The dog disrupted only qualifiers, not the final event. Sweden managed to win the gold medal in the final, with Switzerland taking silver and Germany winning bronze.

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