Heartbroken by the sight of Arthur struggling to keep up, Lindnord hoisted him into the kayak, prompting a standing ovation from spectators. They set off without Arthur, but were astonished when just moments later they spotted the dog swimming alongside their kayaks. The dog became anxious and stressed as he realized the team was going to venture out on the water. The pivotal moment in Arthur's story came when Team Peak Performance lowered their Kayaks into the water for one of the last legs of the race, according to the Daily Mail. Arthur struggled in muddy areas, and the team tried to send the dog away for his own safety, yet he always returned.ĪRTHUR! MT Arthur the stray dog who followed an extreme sports team during a grueling 430-mile race /umXZbfen5f The dog followed them for the rest of the race, assailing the same extreme terrain as the team. "This is the story of the dog, Arthur, the new teammate of Team Peak Performance." "The first rule of adventure racing is that everything can happen, sometimes the most unexpected things," the team noted. #Damnonions: Meet Arthur, a stray who latched on to an extreme sports team: /bG8F76xb47 From that moment on, the dog refused to leave the team's side.
One of the racers, Mikael Lindnord, took pity on the dog and offered it a meatball. Photo: Facebook/Krister GöranssonĪrthur was taken to the vet following the race and given a good bill of health before the athletes began campaigning to bring Arthur home to Sweden.A team of Swedish athletes competing in a grueling race through the jungles of Ecuador befriended a miserable-looking stray dog, and were astonished when the animal joined up with their group, tackling the daunting terrain to follow them to the finish.Īs the Washington Post reports, Team Peak Performance was preparing for the final two stages of the 430-mile race when they spotted the stray dog, mud-splattered and bleeding.
Lindnord gives Arthur a kiss before they leave for Sweden. “A few times he jumped into the water and took a swim, and then he crawled back up again and was freezing so he got to wear our jackets.”Īfter following the Swedish team for six days, the team of four finished as a team of five to become the 12th best adventure racing team in the world. “He was kind of in the way during the whole paddle and we had to find different paddling techniques to not kick him off board,” Lindlord said. Arthur with Swedish captain Mikael Lindnord. The dog, who has since been named Arthur, began following the athletes for kilometres in dangerous conditions, including a trek through knee-high mud.Īrthur waited with the team while they recovered from dehydration, and then swam alongside them during a 59km coastal kayak, despite organisers telling them to leave Arthur behind.ĭefying orders, Lindnord pulled Arthur onto the kayak during the “heartbreaking” scene, and the group struggled on with the extra weight.
The team were enjoying a meal before the final leg of the Adventure Racing World Championship in Ecuador, when team captain Mikael Lindnord shared a meatball with a hungry stray dog.
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