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Finnish skier suffers frozen penis during event at Beijing Olympics

Finnish skier suffers frozen penis during event at Beijing Olympics

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A Finnish skier competing in a men’s cross-country skiing race at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing suffered damage to his equipment on Saturday, but just not what you might expect, according to a report. 

Remi Lindholm, 24, of Finland, spent over an hour traversing the shortened men’s 50km mass start free race in brutal temperatures and howling winds, causing his penis to become frozen, Reuters reported. 

“You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished … it was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in,” Lindholm told Finnish media. “It was just about battling through.”

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Remi Lindholm of Team Finland competes during the Men's Cross-Country Skiing 50km Mass Start Free on Day 15 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at The National Cross-Country Skiing Centre on February 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. The event distance has been shortened to 30k due to weather conditions. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Remi Lindholm of Team Finland competes during the Men’s Cross-Country Skiing 50km Mass Start Free on Day 15 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at The National Cross-Country Skiing Centre on February 19, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. The event distance has been shortened to 30k due to weather conditions. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

The 50km race was first delayed by an hour and then shortened to 30km to protect the competitors, who wore thin suits that offered little protection from the wind and cold weather. 

Organizers had been worried about frostbite, according to the news organization. 

After the race, Lindholm said he needed a heat pack to thaw out his downstairs appendage.

“When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable,” he added.

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Despite the injury, Lindholm still managed to place 28 in the 60-skier event. 

He finished with a time of just under an hour and 16 minutes — about four minutes slower than Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), who won gold in the event.

Lindholm noted it was the second time his penis became frozen during a cross-country skiing race. 

Remi Lindholm of Finland in action competes during the men´s 15km classic cross-country skiing during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at The National Cross-Country Skiing Centre on February 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Tom Weller/VOIGT/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Remi Lindholm of Finland in action competes during the men´s 15km classic cross-country skiing during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at The National Cross-Country Skiing Centre on February 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Tom Weller/VOIGT/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

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A similar incident happened in Ruka, Finland, last year, he said, according to Reuters. 

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Finnish Skier Suffers ‘Frozen Penis’ During Cross-Country Event at Beijing Olympics

Remi Lindholm of Finland competes during cross-country skiing men's 15km classic at National Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo by Mu Yu/Xinhua via Getty Images)

A Finnish skier competing in a cross-country event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics finished in 28th place after suffering perhaps the strangest malady of this year’s Winter Games: A frozen penis.

Reuters reports that Remi Lindholm, a Metallica-loving skier on Team Finland, began suffering frostbite on his third pole during the 50km mass start race event Sunday; the event itself was conducted under such brutal, frigid conditions that the race was first delayed by an hour and then shortened to 30 kilometers instead of 50 to protect the competitors, who wore a thin layer.

“You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished,” Lindholm told the Finnish media. “It was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in. It was just about battling through.”

Despite the frozen appendage, Lindholm still managed to place in the middle of the field in the 60-skier event, falling roughly four minutes short of the medal winners but 16 minutes ahead of the back of the pack.

Reuters notes that, somehow, this isn’t the first time Lindholm’s penis has froze mid-race, as a similar incident happened during a cross-country skiing event in Finland in 2021.

Immediately after the race, Lindholm sought relief in the form of a waiting heat pack. “When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable,” the skier added. Thankfully, Lindholm’s injury did not prevent him from enjoying his nation’s surprise gold medal in the Men’s Hockey event as well as Sunday’s closing ceremony.

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Team USA Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Fails to Place in Her First Downhill Olympics Event

Team USA Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Fails to Place in Her First Downhill Olympics Event
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American skier Mikaela Shiffrin blows gate in slalom, out of event

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin blows gate in slalom, out of event

The six-time world champion is expected to compete in three other events.

February 9, 2022, 2:42 AM

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For the second straight competition, Mikaela Shiffrin has shockingly busted out of the competition just seconds into the first run. Shiffrin missed the fourth gate in her slalom run, the event where she won her first Olympic gold in 2014, and will not contend for a medal.

The skier, who was expected to challenge for several medals in Beijing, sat on the side of the hill, with her head in her hands, for minutes after the stunning accident.

The second run will come later in the evening.

The 26-year-old also fell during her first run in the giant slalom on Monday, disqualifying her from the event.

“Could blame it on a lot of things…and we’ll analyze it till the cows come home, but not today,” Shiffrin said on Instagram following that crash. “Today I chalk it up to really awful timing of a really frustrating mistake. Moving focus to slalom now, AND cheering for my teammates in the second run of the GS and the DH!”

Sweden’s Sara Hector took the gold with a time of 1:55:68, followed by Italy’s Federica Brignone with a time of 1:55.97 and Switzerland’s Lara Gut-Behrami with a time of 1:56:41.

Shiffrin is one medal away from tying the record for most Olympic medals by a female American Alpine skier, four. She is two gold medals away from holding the record for most golds ever by a female Alpine skier, also four.

Shiffrin aims to have many chances to attempt those feats during the games as she plans on competing in three other Alpine events over the next two weeks.

She is still expected to compete in the super-G on Thursday, the downhill on Valentine’s Day and the combined on Feb. 17.

Shiffrin, a Colorado native, has been competing since she was 16 and quickly became one of the sport’s all-time greatest skiers with her record-setting performances. She is the most decorated Alpine skier in the world circuit having won 11 World Championship medals, six gold.

At 18 years old she became the youngest slalom champion when she won a gold medal in the 2014 Sochi Games. Shiffrin won a gold medal in the giant slalom competition and a silver medal in the combined competition during the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.