‘Unbearable’: Winter Olympics star suffers frozen penis

A Winter Olympics star has fears for his future after he suffered a gruesome injury that left him in “unbearable pain” in Beijing.

An Olympic skier has been left in “unbearable pain” after his penis froze during the Men’s 50km Cross-Country Skiing event.

Sunday’s competition was shortened to 30km due to strong winds and tough conditions.

Athletes battled to see the finish line at the Zhangjiakou Olympic Ski Stadium, but one competitor left the event with an unusual injury.

Finnish skier Remi Lindholm suffered a frozen penis in the race, and has since spoken openly about his trauma, The Sun reports.

“You can probably guess what was on the ice when I got to the finish line,” he said after finishing the event 28th over all.

Remi Lindholm was in a world of hurt as he crossed the finish line. Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images.

It’s not the first time Lindholm has suffered such an injury, he also left November’s Ruka World Cup with a frozen “saint”.

However, the 24-year-old admitted: “It was [worse this time]. Pretty unbearable pain.”

A heated bag supposedly came to the rescue, but the injury has left the skier concerned about his reproductive organs.

"Remi Lindholm held his lower end after the race." pic.twitter.com/nEqlHANIF6

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“When the body parts started to warm up after the finish, the pain was unbearable,” he added.

He was seen being helped by officials as he crossed the line holding his genitals as a ski jacket was placed around him.

The conditions and shortened race left British skier Andrew Musgrave angry.

Remi Lindholm went through hell. Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images.

Before the race started, unhappy Musgrave, 31, tweeted: “They have just shortened the Olympic 50km because it’s a bit cold and windy.

“I don’t see that that will make it any warmer or less windy. What a f**king joke!”

When he had completed the Zhangjiakou course, he said: “I thought it was a ridiculous decision.

“If it’s warm enough to race then I don’t see why doing an hour and a quarter or 30km, compared to two hours in the 50km, makes it any better.

“It’s still the same temperature, it’s still the same wind.

“I couldn’t really do anything about that and just had to go out and make the best of it.

“I’m a little bit annoyed. 50km is meant to be the ultimate endurance race and I felt like it wasn’t quite the same.”

— This story originally appeared on thesun.co.uk and has been republished with permission