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The furry four-legged local who made his bid for gold during the 2026 Winter Olympics after escaping his doghouse has become somewhat of a household name – Meet Nazgul. Nazgul first made headlines ...

By Tommy Lund and Liz Hampton TESERO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - When the Varesco family headed off to watch the biathlon at the Winter Olympics on Wednesday they left their two-year-old ...

LAGO DI TESERO, ITALY — Before he became the most famous dog at the Olympics, Nazgul was not known as an escape artist. Still, his owners, Enrico and Alice Varesco, were not taking chances when they ...

A local dog unexpectedly joined athletes competing in a cross-country sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, sprinting alongside skiers and crossing the finish line to cheers from ...

A Czechoslovakian wolfdog named Nazgul interrupted a women's cross-country sprint race at the Winter Olympics The dog belongs to a relative of an event official and followed them onto the track during ...

Cross-country skiing doesn’t typically involve dogs, but perhaps a new Olympic sporting category is in order after a recent event. On February 18th, 2026, a dog wandered onto the cross-country course ...