[1/5] Ryan Redington leaves the Rohn checkpoint after a quick stop, carrying straw to rest his team during the long run to Nikolai during the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race in Alaska, U.S. March 8, 2021.
Zachariah Hughes/ADN/Pool via REUTERSMarch 14 (Reuters) - Ryan Redington, who hails from a family of hall-of-fame mushers, reached Nome, Alaska, ahead of his rivals on Tuesday to win the grueling Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in his 16th try.
“It’s been a goal of mine since a very small child, to win the Iditarod.
It finally happened," Remington, 40, said after crossing the finish line in Nome, Alaska Public Media reported.
Remington, whose grandfather Joe is known as the "Father of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race" for his work in organising and promoting the event in the late 1960s, raised the trophy in his 16th try.