Bizarre sport injuries from skier's frozen penis to MMA star's agony during 'heated' sex

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he achieved global fame for revealing that he had suffered a particularly painful-sounding injury while competing in Beijing.The Finnish Olympian revealed after finishing the men's 50km mass start cross-country race that the conditions had been so cold that he had suffered from a frozen penis.Lindholm was quick to apply a heat pack to his tender member after the race, but that didn't stop him from suffering "unbearable" pain as his package thawed out.As far as injuries go, it's certainly one of the more unique ones – but far from the only strange issue a sports star has encountered.From sex-related shockers to mishaps with ironing boards and fish tanks, Star Sport have remembered some of the weirdest ones.When things get hot and heavy in the bedroom, health and safety can often go to the back of the mind.MMA fighter Ray Elbe and his girlfriend were against the clock on one occasion, as they were due to head to the cinema.As they rushed their love-making things got out of hand, and Elbe was left in "brutal" pain after his penis "slipped out" because his partner "went too high", and she ended up bending his member too far."Blood just spurt all over the place," Elbe said when describing what happened on an American TV show. "There was so much blood loss that I felt light-headed and then I lost consciousness."What's the strangest injury suffered by a sports star you've ever seen?

Let us know in the comments section.He suffered a ruptured urethra while his dorsal vein and artery were also injured, which required a gruelling 12-hour operation to fix.

Fortunately there was no permanent damage.Elbe's MMA career appears to be over having not fought for more than a decade. He is currently engaged to UFC star Cris Cyborg.Baseball.