The owner of the dog who gatecrashed a Winter Olympics ski race only realised he had escaped their flat when she saw him sprinting across the finish line on TV. It was only when friends began flooding her phone with clips from the race that she realised the dog tearing across the course was her ‘stubborn, but very sweet’ Czechoslovakian wolfdog. Race officials eventually managed to catch the runaway hound and lead him away from the course to applause from spectators. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and was even given an official photo finish time by Swiss timekeeper Omega as he crossed the line. ‘We apologised to the organisers because we knew things could have gone wrong, but they were just relieved nothing serious happened.’

Source: Daily Mail February 21, 2026 10:23 UTC