It was hot in Silichy near Minsk on Sunday — +115 C (photo, video)
The Belarusian sports sauna contest took place there on July 7.
It should be noted that our country has
quite a strong team in this sport in - at the World Cup, we have won the second
place team-total for the last 8 years, and members of the women's team have
been the champions of the world not just once.
Natalia
Tryfanava even set a record, which nobody has been able to beat so far. She
spent 24 minutes in the sauna. However, after an accident with a lethal outcome
in 2010, the World Cup is no longer carried out.
The
general conditions of the sports sauna contest are quite strict: high
temperature of 110 degrees, water is added every 30 seconds and immediately
turns into a seething steam, hands should be on the knees, it’s not allowed to
wipe off the sweat and the one who stays there the longest wins.
The
jury members watch over the compliance with the rules, one of the jury members
stays in the steam room, together with the participants of the competition. He
watches every person and is able to notice signs of impending heat stroke.
This year's champion among men is the Yury Bashko with the result of 6:17
seconds, and Alena Kamkova has been the best among women - 5:25 seconds.
Uladzimir Sakun won the bathers’ competition. It is interesting that two
jury members evaluate the bathers – each contender demonstrates his skills on
one of them.
