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Mikaela Shiffrin won the Olympic slalom gold medal, finishing 1.50 seconds ahead of the silver medalist. The victory gives ...

A Winter Olympic ski race was invaded by a special guest when a dog ran onto the track and began following competitors.

In this image taken from video provided by Olympic Broadcasting Services, OBS, a dog runs onto the track near the finish during the heats of the cross-country skiing women's team sprint free at the ...

A Winter Olympic ski race was invaded by a special guest when a dog ran onto the track and began following competitors.

Though the person chose to remain anonymous on the account of some backlash they’ve recieved, Nazgul’s owner revealed the lowkey sad reason he was even at the Olympics. Highlight of the day? What I ...

Give that dog a medal. A determined canine stole the show during qualifying for the women’s cross-country team sprint at the ...

Dogs sure do love to ...

A dog stole the spotlight at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 18 by bolting onto the cross-country course and sprinting toward the ...

Competitors from every country have shown up in Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina – and so have competitors of every species! In a bid for Olympic glory, the Canine Delegation sent ...

The pup trotted onto the course mid-race before happily greeting exhausted athletes at the finish.

An unlikely racer gatecrashed an Olympic finish. A husky wandered onto the course during the qualifying round of the women’s team sprint cross-country race in Tesero. Upon noticing a few athletes on ...