Timo Kaukonen wins mens 9th Sauna World Championship
This years annual Sauna World Championship was held in Finland with 101 participants competing from 17 different countries. Temperatures reached a swealtering 110 C. The winner of the competition is the last person to leave the sauna without outside help.
Leila Kulin from Finland defended her championship victory for the second year running after Natalia Trifanava from Belarus was escorted from the sauna after 10 minutes and 31 seconds.
In the men’s final, six local Finnish men dominated the competition with Timo Kaukonen staying in the heat for a lengthy 12 minutes and 26 seconds to take victory.
Well done Tim and Leila.