Olympic skier who repeatedly suffered from ‘frozen penis’ and needed to thaw it out opens up on ‘unbearable’ pain

AN Olympic skier has opened up on his bizarre occupational hazard – the freezing of his penis.

Finnish skier Remi Lindholm has competed in some insanely cold temperatures during his career.

Remi Lindholm of Team Finland competing in cross-country skiing.

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Olympic Skier Remi Lindholm regularly goes down the slopes in temperatures well below sub-zeroCredit: GETTY

Remi Lindholm of Team Finland competing in cross-country skiing.

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And his penis has frozen on two occasionsCredit: INSTAGRAM

He represented his nation in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, competing in the gruelling Men’s 50km Cross-Country race.

Brutal weather conditions, however, saw the race shortened to a distance of 30km.

But that distance was long enough for his manhood to freeze.

Linholm’s Johnson was frozen through after just an hour and 16 minutes of being in -17C temperatures.

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Recalling the incident, he told IL: “You can probably guess what was on the ice when I got to the finish line.

“It was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in. It was just about battling through.”

Race organisers gave Lindolm a heat bag to warm up his body, including his ice cold penis.

He recalled: “When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable.”

Cross-country skier Remi Lindholm of Team Finland competing in a race.

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Remi Lindholm was left in agony as he thawed himself outCredit: GETTY

The 2022 Winter Olympics was, remarkably, the SECOND TIME Lindolm’s penis had frozen solid.

He’d frozen his penis the year before while competing at the Ruka World Cup.

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Elaborating further on the pain, he continued: “It was [worse this time]. Pretty unbearable pain.”

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