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  • The sauna and the final two competitors, Finland's Timo Kaukonen and Russia's Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy, are shielded by a tarpaulin at the finals of the World Sauna Championships in Heinola, Finland, on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. Organizers said Mr. Ladyzhenskiy collapsed and died, while his Finnish rival was rushed to a hospital. (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA/Sari Gustafsson)

    Russian man dies in sauna contest

    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 room as water was tossed onto a searing stove, officials and witnesses said.

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