Two hours before Saturday’s start of the Fur Rendezvous Open World Championship and miles from the corner of Fourth Avenue and D Street, Jacques Philip was desperately trying to stage his own rendezvous. During a pre-race health check at Tozier Track, four of Philip’s dogs bolted across Tudor Road and ran loose along one Anchorage’s busiest streets.
Bill Demong won the Nordic combined large hill event at world championships, erasing a 52-second deficit on French leader Jason Lamy Chappuis and pulling away near the end for the victory.