Winter Olympics: Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm suffers a FROZEN PENIS during 50km race
Finnish cross-country skier suffers a FROZEN PENIS even though the Winter Olympics 50km race was shortened because of the extreme cold – and he didn’t even win a medal!
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The men’s 50km mass start race at the Beijing Games was shortened to 30km but that did little to help Finland’s Remi Lindholm, who needed a heat pack at the end of the race to thaw out a particularly sensitive body part.
Lindholm, 24, spent just under an hour and 16 minutes traversing the course in howling, freezing winds as he finished 28th – four minutes and 22 seconds behind gold-medal winner Alexander Bolshunov from the Russian Olympic Committee.
It led to his penis becoming frozen for the second time in a cross-country skiing race following a similar incident in Ruka, Finland last year.
Remi Lindholm suffered a frozen penis during his Winter Olympics race at the weekend
The Finnish cross-country skier suffered the unfortunate injury during the men’s 50km race
‘You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished (the men’s Olympic 50km race)… it was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in. It was just about battling through,’ he told Finnish media.
With organisers worried about frostbite during Saturday’s race, it was delayed by an hour and shortened by 20km. The thin suits and under-layers worn by racers, as well as plasters to cover their faces and ears, offered little protection.
Lindholm explained that he used a heat pack to try to thaw out his appendage once the race was over.
‘When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable,’ he added.
Lindholm crosses the line after the event was cut 20km short due to the freezing conditions
