Tesero (Italy) (AFP) – Curious and even comical scene at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games: a dog managed to evade security measures and found its way to the track where the women's cross-country ski team sprint event was taking place, this Wednesday in Tesero.
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The canid, looking like a wolf-dog and a husky breed, began to run along the track, behind two of the competitors, the Greek Konstantina Charalampidou and the Croatian Tena Hadzic, before also crossing the finish line, like another Olympic athlete.
"He was pretty and not at all aggressive, so no problem," Charalampidou said later.
"After crossing the finish line, he approached everyone. I wanted to pet him, but I didn't have time, I soon lost sight of him," added the Greek skier.
"My career was not very good, I am not very proud of what I have done, but I have become famous thanks to a dog and now everyone wants to interview me. It is the first time I give interviews," she acknowledged.
The animal, which was wearing a collar, was later controlled by the organizers to prevent it from further disturbing the development of the event.
Argentine Nahiara Díaz stated that for a moment she was afraid of colliding with the unexpected guest of the race.
"I was scared thinking he could throw me, but fortunately he crossed before I passed. I don't know what he was doing there, but there was no problem, everything went well," he said.
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