Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm ended his Olympic debut with minor damage to his equipment…and we’re not talking about his skis.
“You can guess which body part was a little bit frozen when I finished,” the 24-year-old athlete told Finnish media after the men’s 50km start free event, his last race at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday, Feb. 19, according to Reuters.
After the race, which was shortened to 30km, Lindholm headed to a locker room, where he used a heat pack to thaw out the affected area. “When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable,” Lindholm told Finnish outlet Yle Sport, still shaking.
The athlete told Finnish newspaper Iltalehti that the heat pack helped a little.
A day later, Lindholm shared on his Instagram Story another user’s screenshot of part of the article. The repost also contained the comment, “Yes the most shocking sporting moment of the year,” and tagged the skier.
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