“You can imagine what part of my body was a bit frozen when I finished,” said Lindholm. With a heat pack he tried to thaw his good piece. “As it warmed up, the pain was unbearable.” It would be unthinkable if the race, shortened to 30 km, had gone over 50 km…
Austria’s cross-country skier Teresa Stadlober also struggled with the freezing temperatures. “My toes and fingers are frozen off,” said the 29-year-old, who just missed out on the top ten in the last race. “The cold Takes a lot of energy, you can’t get it with food.”
Bright sunshine reigned most days at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and after the heaviest snowfall in more than a decade, the mountainous region was transformed into a winter wonderland. Nevertheless, the freezing cold with temperatures down to minus 25 degrees and the icy wind made things difficult for everyone involved, endangered the health of the athletes and caused postponements. See more Olympic flops in the gallery:
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