Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe May 23 (UPI) -- Runners in a 100-meter race in China were surprised when a stray dog joined the competition -- and nearly came in first. A video filmed Thursday at the Beifang University of Nationalities in Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, shows a white dog joining the human runners in the 100-meter event. Advertisement The video shows the canine finish second. Witnesses said the dog is a stray that has been known to locals for more than four years. Read More K9 Cinemas in Texas allows dogs into movie theater Dog serving as school resource officer makes the yearbook Texas driver caught walking dog through car window