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Iditarod Names Four-Time Champ Dallas Seavey In Dog Doping Scandal

Under pressure from competitors, the race committee said the 30-year-old musher is under suspicion of giving his dogs the drug tamadol in this year's race. Seavey has denied any wrongdoing.

Alaska's Iditarod race committee has identified four-time champion as the musher whose dogs tested positive for a banned opioid pain reliever in this year's race. Seavey is denying the charge and has withdrawn from the 2018 dog

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