The World Sauna Championships was a popular Finnish event, and competitors came from all over the globe to compete. The contest is self-explanatory: competitors must sit in the sauna for as long as possible, enduring increasingly uncomfortable temperatures. The starting temperature for the men's event was set at 110 degrees centigrade! During the competition, half a litre of water is added to the sauna every 30 seconds to keep steam levels constant. In order to win, the last man standing must be able to leave the sauna unaided. Shockingly, the championship came to an abrupt end in 2010 when a Russian competitor named Vladimir Ladyzhensky died while competing. Ladyzhensky had stayed in the sauna so long that he suffered third degree burns all over his body.