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Archive Home > 2009 > March > 15 > Defending champ still holds lead

Defending champ still holds lead


March 15, 2009

EAGLE ISLAND, Alaska — Lance Mackey, the defending champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, arrived at the Eagle Island checkpoint on the frozen Yukon River hours ahead of the competition.

With more than a third of the way to go to the finish line in Nome, Mackey said he liked the....

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