Posted at 1:56 p.m., Monday, March 5, 2007
Four-time Iditarod champion withdraws
By Mary Pemberton
Associated Press
Details of how he was injured were not immediately available.
Swingley told officials he didn't want to continue because he didn't think he would be able to physically care for his dogs throughout the rest of the 1,100-mile race.
Swingley finished second last year. He won titles in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2001. The Montana musher was the first person from outside Alaska to win the Iditarod.
