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Iditarod champion Mitch
Seavey of Sterling, Alaska,
poses with his lead dogs Pi-
lot, left, and Crisp under the
Burled Arch after winning the
1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled
Dog Race, in Nome, Alaska,
Tuesday, March 14, 2017.
Associated Press
Mitch Seavey
becomes oldest,
fastest musher

to win Iditarod

MARK THIESSEN
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)
— Mitch Seavey won his
third Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race on Tuesday, becom-
ing the fastest and oldest
champion at age 57 and
helping cement his family’s
position as mushing royalty.
The Seward, Alaska, mush-
er brought his dogs off the
frozen Bering Sea and onto
Front Street in the Gold
Rush town of Nome after
crossing nearly 1,000 miles
of Alaska wilderness.
He outran his son, de-
fending champion Dallas
Seavey, and lapped the
oldest musher record that
he set at age 53 in 2013. He
previously won the race in
2013 and 2004. Djokovic’s 19-match win streak ends at Indian Wells
Seavey also set a time re-
cord of 8 days, 3 hours, 40 Nick Kyrgios, of Australia, celebrates after winning
minutes and 13 seconds, a game against Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, at the
the Iditarod said. That BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Wednesday,
shaved several hours off March 15, 2017, in Indian Wells, Calif.
Associated Press
the record his son set last Page 19
year: 8 days, 11 hours, 20
minutes and 16 seconds.

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