8 August 2007: Hot Men and Women

The residents of one of the world's coldest countries are also invincible when it comes to heat, it seems. Finnish competitors won in both male and female events in this year's world sauna-sitting championships.

The male winner took the championship for the third year in a row, staying in a sauna heated to 110 degrees Celsius (230 Fahrenheit) for 12 minutes and 26 seconds. The women's event winner endured the same incredible heat for 10 minutes and 31 seconds, almost two minutes better than her closest rival, another Finn.

Other competitors came from Russia, America, Germany and Turkey.

Sauna-sitting is one of number of bizarre Finnish championships including wife-carrying and cell phone throwing.