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Re:Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey kills moose to protect his ... by rsynnott on Friday March 08, 2024 @08:16AM (#39640756)
> The actual winner, Thomas Hicks, was near collapse and hallucinating when he crossed the finish line, a side effect of being administered brandy, raw eggs, and strychnine by his trainers.

This was, presumably, before they'd really figured out how to do doping.

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Re:Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey kills moose to protect his ... by bguebert on Friday March 08, 2024 @02:46PM (#39645430)
I mean he won, so maybe they had it figured out.
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Re:Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey kills moose to protect his ... by boomboomsubban on Friday March 08, 2024 @03:11PM (#39645776)
> When he reached the stadium, his support team carried him over the line, holding him in the air while he shuffled his feet as if still running.[6] Hicks had to be carried off the track on a stretcher, and might have died in the stadium had he not been treated by four doctors. He lost eight pounds during the course of the marathon.

They didn't.

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Re:Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey kills moose to protect his ... by DANmode on Friday March 08, 2024 @04:27PM (#39646710)
He was still first.

You don't think people gave more of a shit about athlete lives, comfort, and longevity then, than now?

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Re:Iditarod musher Dallas Seavey kills moose to protect his ... by Tabular-Iceberg on Sunday March 10, 2024 @04:23PM (#39662277)
One of those ingredients sound a lot more relevant to his condition than the two others.
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