Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes repeats as champion of the grueling Iditarod sled dog race
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Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the Iditarod, the roughly 1,000-mile sled dog race in Alaska
NOME, Alaska -- Former reality TV star Jessie Holmes cruised to a repeat victory in the Iditarod, the roughly 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) sled dog race in Alaska.
Holmes guided his dog team across the finish line Tuesday night in the old Gold Rush town of Nome, a Bering Sea coastal community. He pumped both fists in the air as the crowd cheered for him and his team of 12 dogs.
After finishing, the dogs got steaks and Holmes answered some questions accompanied by his lead dogs, Polar and Zeus.
“Zeus led every single run except one. I just wanted to let someone else have some fun. And Polar deserves it more than anybody,” he said. “He leads by example.”
The race started March 8 in Willow, a day after the ceremonial start was held in Anchorage. The course took dog teams and their mushers over two mountain ranges, along the frozen Yukon River and across the unpredictable Bering Sea ice.
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