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| Governing body | International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) |
Sled dog racing (sometimes termed dog sled racing) is a winter dog sport most popular in the Arctic regions of the United States, Canada, Russia, Greenland and some European countries.[1] It involves the timed competition of teams of sled dogs that pull a sled with the dog driver or musher standing on the runners. The team completing the marked course in the least time is judged the winner.
A sled dog race was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, and again at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, and once more in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer,[2] but it did not gain official event status.[3]
Sled dogs, known also as sleighman dogs, sledge dogs, or sleddogs, are a highly trained dog type that are used to pull a dog sled, a wheel-less vehicle on runners, over snow or ice, by means of harnesses and lines.
- ^ "Dog Sled Races Around The World." Dogs. Terrificpets.com, Web. 9 February 2010. <index2.php?reqstyleid=0&start=#>.
- ^ Miller, Michael W (17 February 1994). "WINTER OLYMPICS 1994 - Lillehammer, Norway - Is There a Place in Winter Games For Men Who Run With Dogs?". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "History." Mush for the Rush. 2003. Library Thinkquest, Web. 4 February 2010. <"Mush for the Rush". Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 4 February 2010.>.