The revised race route is among a list of changes to the event triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, race officials say.
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Iditarod 2020 roster stocked with past champions — with one notable exception
Fifty-eight mushers have signed up for the 2020 Iditarod. Among them are six former champions, including 2019 winner Pete Kaiser. But one four-time champion is absent.
Iditarod clears Dallas Seavey in 2017 doping controversy
The Iditarod Trail Committee says it does not believe Seavey “had any involvement with, or knowledge of, the events that led to the positive (drug) test in his team.”
Seavey reaches Takotna first, declares 24-hour layover
Dallas Seavey was in a good mood and unusually talkative as he declared his 24-hour rest. In 2013, the last time Seavey won the race along the southern route, he arrived in Takotna at the exact same time.
Seavey attorney: Report shows musher didn’t drug dogs
An attorney for four-time Iditarod champion Dallas Seavey released a toxicology report Wednesday that he says proves the musher did not drug his dogs in last year’s race.
Iditarod mushers demand board president resignation, don’t get it
The Iditarod Official Finisher’s Club called for the immediate resignation of Iditarod Board President Andy Baker. The club’s letter to the board, first reported by the Anchorage Daily News, said Baker has “jeopardized the integrity of our whole livelihood through his poor leadership.”
Iditarod to tighten race trail security, rewrite “gag rule”
Iditarod spokesman Chas St. George says the board and staff are considering adding security cameras at the Nome dog lot, as well as at the White Mountain and Unalakleet checkpoints.
Almost 70 mushers will compete in 2018 Iditarod
Almost 70 mushers signed up for the 2018 Iditarod sled dog race by the registration deadline on Friday.
A mushing dog whodunit amid Iditarod doping scandal
The mushing world has been rocked by an unfolding scandal over doping in the Iditarod. It started two weeks ago, when the race’s governing body announced it was changing rules for drug tests after a banned substance was found in four dogs from a top team. Speculation ignited. http://media.aprn.org/2017/ann-20171024-01.mp3 The Iditarod Trail Committee announced Monday…
Iditarod committee says Dallas Seavey’s sled dogs failed drug test
“I have done nothing wrong,” Seavey said. “I have never knowingly broken any race rule. I have never given any banned substances to my dogs.”