Olympia 2026: Complete with end photograph – that is how the canine made it to the cross-country snowboarding stadium | EUROtoday

First he escaped, then he delivered essentially the most beastly goal photograph in Olympic historical past. The two-year-old Czechoslovakian wolfhound Nazgul prompted unusual photos within the Olympic cross-country snowboarding stadium. Now the proprietor’s sister reveals how the canine was in a position to make it to the cross-country ski path when qualifying for the group dash.

“He escaped from my brother’s apartment. He opened two doors himself and was suddenly gone,” mentioned Elisa Varesco to “Bild”.

While Nazgul’s proprietor was on the way in which to the biathlon in Antholz, his sister was on the lookout for the runaway on the town. On the route, the household lives instantly on the Olympic path, she did not suspect him. “When we saw him on TV, we were really shocked,” mentioned Varesco. The identify Nazgul additionally refers to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. The 9 Nazgul of Middle-earth are the Ringwraiths who serve Sauron, as soon as kings of males, now fallen and damned. They journey via the land restlessly and frighteningly.

During the race, the animal abruptly appeared on the end line in Tesero. The canine adopted the Greek Konstantina Charalampidou and the Croatian Tena Hadzic to the end line.

After the run, in response to “Bild”, FIS course supervisor Michel Rainer caught the canine within the end space and took him out of the ski stadium. But then he escaped once more. Instead of going again on monitor, this time he ran to the neighboring city. “We finally caught him there. Nazgul is sometimes extremely wild, but also a very sweet dog,” mentioned Elisa Varesco.

For Charalampidou, the bizarre competitor wasn’t an issue. “I’m now famous because of a dog that crossed the finish line, and now everyone wants to interview me. It’s the first time I’ve ever given interviews,” she mentioned. “He was following the camera going up and down the finish line. He was sweet and not aggressive, so everything was fine.”

The canine was additionally captured by the official digicam whereas crossing the road for a goal photograph. At the end he stopped and sniffed the Argentine athlete Nahiara Díaz Gonzalez. The greatest athletes from the primary beginning group had already reached the end line at this level. Among them was Laura Gimmler from Oberstdorf, who later gained bronze within the closing with Coletta Rydzek.

“He was super happy when he crossed the finish line. I was so focused on finishing the race that I didn’t look at the dog,” mentioned Díaz Gonzalez, including: “It was just a funny experience. This is not normal. I don’t know what he was doing here.”