Thanks for that, Pete. It certainly makes sense if that's the case.
Incidentally, Thailand has bid for the Summer Olympics in 2030. What chance?
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Whatever we think about the Olympics, Finland vs Russia or whatever it's called (makes no difference really) on ice-hockey final on Sunday. Unfortunately it starts at 6.10 a.m. Finland time. Don't know if I'll be able to get up that early on my winter vacation.
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No summer Olympics in 2030, only winter Olympics. But you're obviously joking anyway.HHTel wrote:Thanks for that, Pete. It certainly makes sense if that's the case.
Incidentally, Thailand has bid for the Summer Olympics in 2030. What chance?
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Sorry. No, I wasn't joking but I meant the the Summer Youth Olympics.
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Well, it was worth to wake up at 6.00 a.m on Sunday morning. Olympic ice-hockey final Finland 2 Russia 1.
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Congratulations to them!Bamboo Grove wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 1:45 pm Well, it was worth to wake up at 6.00 a.m on Sunday morning. Olympic ice-hockey final Finland 2 Russia 1.
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And we are now celebrating the gold (+other medals) in lovely weather in Helsinki.
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Everything comes at a price.
Finnish skier Remi Lindholm suffers frozen penis in men's 50km cross-country
https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/60466907
Perhaps the worst part of it all for Finland's Remi Lindholm is that it was not even the first time it had happened.
Such was the chance of athletes suffering frostbite, freezing conditions at the Winter Olympics in Beijing had already seen the blue riband men's 50km cross-country ski delayed by an hour - and shortened to a 30km event.
But even those alterations could not save Lindholm from an "unbearable" fate.
The immediate concern for the 24-year-old, in the aftermath of completing the final event of his debut Olympic Games, was thawing out his frozen penis.
A heat pack eventually helped the Finn salvage the situation at the end of what was a gruelling race.
However, having spent almost one hour and 16 minutes out on the course in howling winds and appendage-threatening temperatures of -17C, he was, understandably, left in a tremendous amount of pain.
"You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished," Lindholm told Finnish media.
"It was one of the worst competitions I've been in. It was just about battling through.
"When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable."
Poor Lindholm previously suffered a similar incident at a competition in Finland last year, with the thin suits and under layers worn by racers offering minimal protection from extreme cold.
Finnish skier Remi Lindholm suffers frozen penis in men's 50km cross-country
https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-olympics/60466907
Perhaps the worst part of it all for Finland's Remi Lindholm is that it was not even the first time it had happened.
Such was the chance of athletes suffering frostbite, freezing conditions at the Winter Olympics in Beijing had already seen the blue riband men's 50km cross-country ski delayed by an hour - and shortened to a 30km event.
But even those alterations could not save Lindholm from an "unbearable" fate.
The immediate concern for the 24-year-old, in the aftermath of completing the final event of his debut Olympic Games, was thawing out his frozen penis.
A heat pack eventually helped the Finn salvage the situation at the end of what was a gruelling race.
However, having spent almost one hour and 16 minutes out on the course in howling winds and appendage-threatening temperatures of -17C, he was, understandably, left in a tremendous amount of pain.
"You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished," Lindholm told Finnish media.
"It was one of the worst competitions I've been in. It was just about battling through.
"When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable."
Poor Lindholm previously suffered a similar incident at a competition in Finland last year, with the thin suits and under layers worn by racers offering minimal protection from extreme cold.
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Saw that piece of news today, too. Oh dear.
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