As members of Team Croatia and Team Australia crossed the finish line, a dog appeared, first looking at the cameras before realizing there were athletes on skis to chase.
"Anybody lost their dog?" the on-course announcers joked, after saying, "it's a fairly nice mutt there, not hindering anybody's progress. One of those moments you have to laugh about."
"But you know, better it happened now than during the group sprints, let's put it that way," they added.
After the racers slid to the ground in exhaustion, the dog went around to give them a sniff before heading off to the post-finish area with the other athletes and getting some good pets and belly rubs from the Olympics volunteers.