![]() Ultimately I couldn't care for the dogs." "My body basically shutdown and for two runs I just hung on. Then on Friday "some cracked teeth started giving me issues and over a 12-hour period turned into nearly unbearable pain," he said. Sass said he had been sick the entire race with a bad cold. Sass withdrew from this year’s race on Saturday, citing concerns for his health. The Iditarod was caring for his dogs, he said.Ģ022 Iditarod champion Brent Sass waves to the crowd during the race's ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage earlier this month. He was doing OK and resting in the community of Unalakleet, he posted on Instagram Sunday. It was the smallest field ever to start a race, one short of the first race run.Īmong those who scratched was defending champion Brent Sass, who was leading when he withdrew Saturday over concerns for his health because of periodontal issues. A fan-friendly ceremonial start was held in Anchorage the day before. ![]() Since then, three mushers have scratched. The nearly 1,609-kilometre race started March 5 in Willow for 33 mushers, who traveled over two mountain ranges, the frozen Yukon River and on the Bering Sea ice. He finished ninth last year, seventh in 2021 and eighth in 2020 - his only other top 10 finishes before this year's race. He scratched from seven of those races, but his performance this decade has been the best of his career. Redington won the Iditarod in his 16th try. (Emily Mesner/Anchorage Daily News/Associated Press) Redington mushes down Front Street in Nome on Tuesday. And we failed quite a few times, you know? But we kept our head up high and stuck with the dream," he said. "It took a lot work, took a lot of patience. ![]() After crossing the finish in Nome around 12:15 p.m., he said it has been a goal of his since he was "a very small child to win the Iditarod, and I can't believe it. Redington, who is Inupiat, becomes the sixth Alaska Native musher to win the world's most famous sled dog race. ![]() His father, Raymie, is a 10-time Iditarod finisher. He previously won the Junior Iditarod in 19. I got big footsteps to follow," Ryan Redington wrote in his race biography. "My grandpa, dad and Uncle Joe are all in the Mushing Hall of Fame. Redington, 40, is the grandson of Joe Redington Sr., who helped co-found the arduous race across Alaska that was first held in 1973 and is known as the "Father of the Iditarod." Ryan Redington on Tuesday won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, bringing his six dogs off the Bering Sea ice to the finish line on Nome's main street. ![]()
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