Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm suffers a FROZEN PENIS during Winter Olympics men’s 50km race (and for the second time in his career!) – as he uses a heat pack to unthaw area causing ‘unbearable pain’
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, leading to his penis becoming frozen for the second time in a cross-country skiing race following a similar incident in Ruka, Finland last year.
‘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.
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
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
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