JumpCutz

WTF?


A Russian finalist at the World Sauna Championships in Finland died Saturday and the event was suspended, according to the organizers, the AP reported.

Both of the events finalists -- Russia's Vladimir Ladyzhensky and Finland's Timo Kaukonen -- were rushed to the hospital after collapsing during the competition, in which contestants are made to endure temperatures of 230 degrees Fahrenheit (110 degrees Celsius) for as long as they can. Ladyzhensky later died.

The event, which has been held since 1999, was taking place in Heinola, Finland, which is 86 miles north of Helsinki.

While police have launched an investigation, the organizer of the event, Ossi Arvela, said in a statement: "All the rules were followed and there was enough first aid personnel. All the competitors needed to sign in to the competition with a doctor's certificate."

The Finnish news agency STT reported that both men suffered burns on their body and that the competition was cut short after six minutes.



Nasty ass pictures at link...


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_674582.html

Bandoman

Maybe he just went back in time?

Cheato

A personal record. He literally endured it for as long as he could.

DVD Polizei

I bet he tastes like lobster. Yum!

birdseye

Those are some nasty pictures.

I just took a sauna earlier tonight - it was nowhere near 230 degrees though.

Coral

Hot Sauna Time Machine?

edstein

Me mind on fire -- Me soul on fire -- Feeling hot hot hot

Deadman31

thats hot

mike45

This has to be the Darwin Award for 2010

PopcornTreeCt

Pussy.

NORML54601

The guys in the picture in the sauna look like they're cold. They've got their arms crossed and the pic where the one guys is out of the sauna looks like he has ice on his head.

Wazootyman

Rick Reilly from ESPN had a bizarrely fascinating account of competing in a sauna competition. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5198604

Sdallnct

I had read that ESPN article. And all I could think of is why? Really these guys get blisters and their skin comes off. I mean will there be a competition for how many knives you can stick inside you?

Mrs. Danger

What a whacko idea. At least in most sports, you have a chance to avoid brain damage, but with this one, it seems to be a goal.

rexinnih

I'm at a loss for words. But damn that's hot.

Mrs. Danger

Saunas should not be hotter than 110 degrees Fahrenheit. (43 Celsius) And, that's still dangerous.

TomOpus

Unfortunately, it wasn't a dry heat

Mrs. Danger

I was just remembering that the Bacon Explosion is supposed to be cooked at a lower temperature than that sauna.

chente

Whoa, the competition was cut short after 6 minutes. How was there that much blistering?

Nick Danger

In the ESPN article, Timo won after 11 minutes. In this competition, Timo collapsed after 6 minutes, and the other guy died. I don't think the sauna was on the correct setting.

Also, this is insane.

BuddhaWake

just seeing that russian's guy skin makes mines crawl. should they have laid him on the carpet like that and handle him with no gloves? i he would have made it I would only imagine the infection he would have gotten from all that exposed skin.

TomOpus

Musta been set to 11.

Wazootyman

The thing that got me about it is they're competing for such crap prizes. When I started the article, I figured the winner would get at least a couple thousand... but sauna speakers? I don't care if they're insanely fricking nice or WORTH a couple thousand, it's still crap.

Psi

You have no idea how much the melting-resistant type costs.

Sdallnct

Yea, I'd say u may be right. The competition is who can last the longest. So these guys probably thought 5-6 minutes was no big deal.