Dallas Seavey completes shortened route to win record-tying fifth Iditarod

[ASFN Admin]

Dallas Seavey claimed a fifth Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race victory early Monday morning, reaching an improvised finish line on this year's shortened course through the Alaskan wilderness just after 5 a.m. Alaska time. The third-generation Iditarod musher has now tied Rick Swenson for the most victories. For the first time ever, the Iditarod finish was not in Nome but in the same spot where the mushers had started on March 7: a secluded riverside location about 75 miles (120 km) north of Anchorage.

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