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Mackey captures Iditarod again

Nome, AK (Sports Network) - Lance Mackey captured the Iditarod sled dog race for the second consecutive year, finishing the 1,100-mile journey from Anchorage to Nome just under four minutes shy of 9 1/2 days.

Mackey became the first back-to-back winner since Doug Swingley captured three straight from 1999-2001. The Mackey family has now won four Iditarod races, as his father, Dick, won it in 1978 and his older brother, Rick, captured the 1983 race.

03/12 07:44:06 ET

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