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Iditarod 2022 – Day 5 — Why Now?
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Iditarod 2022 – Day 5

Iditarod 2022 MapSled DogAccording to the press release:

Veteran Iditarod competitor Anja Radano (bib #26), of Talkeetna, Alaska,
scratched at 9 p.m. tonight at the Nikolai checkpoint.
Radano made the decision to scratch in the best interest of her race team.
Radano had 12 dogs with her at the time she made the decision to scratch.

A lot of teams spent yesterday in their mandatory 24-hour rest stops. The top 5 are resting at Cripple.

Standings at 8:00PM CST (5:00PM AKST):
Beyond Cripple
1 Brent Sass (27)
At Cripple
2 Dallas Seavey (20)
3 Hugh Neff (50)
4 Ryan Redington (17)
5 Mitch Seavey (30)
Beyond Ophir
6 Richie Diehl (18)
7 Aaron Burmeister (23)
8 Mille Porsild (33)
9 Travis Beals (42)
10 Jessie Holmes (7)
11 Paige Drobny (5)
12 Michelle Phillips (4)
13 Aaron Peck (21)
14 Peter Kaiser (37)
15 Chad Stoddard (46)
16 Lev Shvarts (16)
17 Matt Hall (31)
18 Dan Kaduce (28)
19 Jeff Deeter (34)
20 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (12)
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21 Matthew Failor (10)
22 Hanna Lyrek (13)R
23 Jeff King (3)
24 Ramey Smyth (8)
25 Riley Dyche (15)
26 Deke Naaktgeboren (25)
27 Mats Pettersson (11)
28 Joshua McNeal (45)
29 Kristy Berington (24)
30 Anna Berington (9)
31 Martin Buser (38)
32 Martin Massicotte (6)Q
At Ophir
33 Karin Hendrickson (40)
Beyond McGrath
34 Amanda Otto (32)R
35 Sebastien Dos Santos Borges (44)R
36 Joe Taylor (22)R
37 Matt Paveglio (48)R
At McGrath
38 Sean Williams (2)R
39 Bridgett Watkins (36)R
40 Gerhardt Thiart (39)R
41 Eric Kelly (14)R
42 Apayauq Reitan (47)
43 KattiJo Deeter (19)R
44 Julie Ahnen (29)R
45 Ryne Olson (35)
46 Lisbet Norris (43)
47 Yuka Honda (49)
48 Kailyn Davis (41)R

The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.

These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.

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