This just in from Heinola, Finland (via The Sun):

A RUSSIAN finalist in Finland’s annual World Sauna Championships died yesterday after he and his opponent were rushed to the hospital, organizers of heat-endurance contest said.

It was reported that both men were subject to sitting in heat of 230F (110C), and the contest was called off after six minutes, when both contestants collapsed after the sauna door was opened.

I’d like to sympathize with the families of both men, but if you’re telling me that they chose to sit and cook themselves above the temperature of boiling water, I’ll reserve my condolences for deaths (and empathy for injuries) for other people.

Come on! What were they thinking as they took in the flavor of their own juices in the sweltering heat?

And the organizer had the cheek to utter the following:

“[The] event was interrupted immediately after the accident. [The] competition organization grieves these sad events,” [Head of the competition Ossi] Arvela said.

Police launched an investigation, he said, insisting that “all the rules were followed” and that all the contestants had undergone medical checks before the competition began.

The competition itself is an accident waiting to happen for crying out loud! And there are rules for cooking human sausages?

Such a waste of human life.

Idiots!