Man dies at sauna contest

The word sauna is an ancient Finnish word referring to the traditional Finnish bath as well as to the bathhouse itself.

HELSINKI: 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 110 degree Celsius room as water was tossed onto a searing stove. Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy, an amateur wrestler who was in his 60s, was pronounced dead late on Saturday roughly six minutes into the final round. — AP