Death At World Sauna Championships In Heinola, Finland

Report Details:

• The recent World Sauna Championship was marred by the death in the final of Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky.
• The reigning champion, Timo Kaukonen from Finland, received burns & required admission to hospital.
• The temperature of the sauna was 110 C (230 F).
• The event which has been held since 1999 in Heinola, Finland will never be staged again.

Source: Metro Newspaper (www.metro.co.uk), Monday, August 9, 2010.
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