Remi Lindholm’s skiing in Beijing’s 30 kilometers was really painful. The comments made to the evening newspaper were noticed around the world.
Olympic skier Remi Lindholmin comments to Iltalehti rose to international awareness.
Lindholm said in Beijing after 30 kilometers of skiing that the gruesome race conditions led to a “penis freeze”.
Abroad, Lindholm’s case rose to headlines. Swedish newspapers, among others, are taking this into account Express and Aftonbladet as well as British Guardian and American Forbes.
– The thin racing suits made the conditions of the competition even more difficult, the Guardian wrote.
The magazines reminded Lindholm that he had suffered from the same problem earlier in December in Ruka. Beijing’s brutal air repeated the incident.
– The weather was especially difficult for the riders, even ask Remi Lindholm, both Aftonbladet and Expressen read.
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Remi Lindholm was 28th. Pasi Liesimaa
Forbes went on a line of joke and used ambiguous word choices to describe the case. The “hardness” of the race and the “stiffness” of skiing.
– Circumstances led the organizers to shorten the race to 30 kilometers, as the weather made the job really hard for the riders. In Lindholm’s case, it became particularly tough, Forbes put it.
Forbes also provided extensive background on what the problem might be. Specialist in urology Teuvo Tammela comments to Iltalehti that he doesn’t think his penis really froze on the way. If that happened, it was extremely rare.
– The penis retreats quite well in the cold. It doesn’t usually freeze. I don’t think that would happen, Tammela said.
Tammela continued to Iltalehti, however, that the cooling of the pelvic area could lead to prostatitis.
– The risk is much greater than the risk of the penis freezing. Those who are sensitive to it can get a prostate irritable state that can last for weeks, Tammela said.
Painful. Remi Lindholm had just burst into Beijing’s fierce race conditions. Pasi Liesimaa