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The Finnish Sauna Bath London 1948, also known in the British context as the Finnish Olympic Sauna or the Cobdown Sauna (after its current location), is a sauna facility located in Cobdown Park, Aylesford, Kent, England.
The Championships were first held in 1999 and grew to feature contestants from over 20 countries. Sauna bathing at extreme conditions is a severe health risk: all competitors competed at their own risk, and had to sign a form agreeing not to take legal action against the organizers. Notably, the Finnish Sauna Society strongly opposed the event. [1]
Finland at the 1948 Summer Olympics; IOC code: FIN: NOC: Finnish Olympic Committee: Website: sport.fi /olympiakomitea (in Finnish and Swedish) in London; Competitors: 129 (123 men, 6 women) in 16 sports: Flag bearer: Hannes Sonck: Medals Ranked 6th: Gold 8 Silver 7 Bronze 5 Total 20: Summer Olympics appearances
There are an estimated 3 million saunas in Finland, per National Geographic — or the equivalent of just over half a sauna per Finn. Sauna culture is an important part of Finnish daily life and ...
The spa is extensive, including an indoor swimming pool, outdoor hydromassage pool, Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, and multi-sensory rooms, as well as treatments such as holistic massages, facials ...
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Pajulahti Sports Institute was founded in Nastola in June 1929, in the same location where the institute still operates today. The origin of the sports institute dates back to the early 1920s, when the women's section of the Finnish Workers’ Sports Federation, founded in 1919, expressed the idea of to have a sports centre of its own.
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