Dog interrupts World Cup races: four-legged friends run away from folders on the Super-G slope

Created: 12/30/2022 5:07 am

By: Antonio Jose Riether

During the Super-G race at the Alpine Ski World Cup in Bormio, Italy, a dog caused a disruption as it sprinted down the slope.

Bormio - In winter sports, there can be a variety of reasons for interruptions, but most of them are due to the weather or injuries to the athletes.

In Bormio, Italy, the Super-G race was stopped on Thursday afternoon for an extremely curious reason: a dog had gone onto the track and raced down it.

Dog interrupts Super-G races at Ski World Cup

This interruption caused amusement at the World Cup race in the Italian Alps.

Out of nowhere, the dog appeared on the particularly steep and winding Pista Stelvio and did a sprint, albeit on four paws rather than two even treads.

Despite the bumps in the road, he showed an almost flawless passage.

On the escarpment, the dog slipped down the icy surface, then immediately recovered to scoot down the hill.

The change was just right for the athletes, they laughed heartily at the surprising action of the dog.

At the Super-G race in Bormio, a dog on the track caused an interruption.

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And the television commentators were also enthusiastic about the four-legged friend, which was as fast as an arrow.

"He even has the ideal line," was joked at ORF.

"He's having a lot of fun on the race track, I have the feeling," said the Austrians.

"Now they all have to go dog hunting," commented the spokesman on Swiss television about the attempts by some folders to stop the animal runabout.

After a dog interruption: Marco Odermatt wins Super-G in Bormio

The dog was apparently not caught, after several hundred meters it ran out of breath on its own and the race could finally be continued.

In the end, the Swiss Marco Odermatt won the competition, the leader in the overall World Cup thus further extended his lead.

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Far more surprising than the dog on the slopes was the sudden resignation of the Austrian ski star Matthias Mayer.

The 32-year-old from Carinthia, who won his third gold medal at the Olympic Games in February, announced the end of his career during a television interview on Thursday.

He stated that he had not even informed his wife about his plans.