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Russian man dies in searing heat at sauna contest (AP)

August 8th, 2010

Spectators react at the final at the World Sauna Championships in Heinola, Finland, on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. The championships begin with preliminary rounds and end in the finals, where the best six men and women see who can sit in the sauna the longest. (AP Photo / LEHTIKUVA / Sari Gustafsson) ** FINLAND OUT NO SALES **AP - A Russian man trying to win the Sauna World Championships died after collapsing with severe burns in the final stage of an event that required contestants to sit in a 230-degree (110 Celsius) room as water was tossed onto a searing stove, officials and witnesses said.


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