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The men’s 50km mass start race at the Beijing Games was shortened to 30km but that did little to help Finland’s Remi Lindholm, who needed a heat pack (chườm nóng) at the end of the race to thaw out a particularly sensitive (nhạy cảm) body part.

Lindholm spent just under an hour and 16 minutes traversing the course in howling (hết sức, vô cùng; tru lên, hú lên, rít, rú), freezing (giá lạnh, băng giá, rét mướt) winds, leading to his penis  (dương vật) becoming frozen (đóng băng) for the second time in a cross-country skiing race following a similar incident in Ruka, Finland last year.

“You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished (the men’s Olympic 50km race) … it was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in. It was just about battling through,” he told Finnish media.

With organizers worried about frostbite during Saturday’s race, it was delayed by an hour and shortened by 20km. The thin suits and under-layers worn by racers, as well as plasters to cover their faces and ears, offered little protection.

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