US EditionAre Olympic ski jumpers injecting their penises with acid? Here's what we know
The World Anti-Doping Agency will investigate claims that male ski jumpers use hyaluronic acid injections to enlarge their penises and gain aerodynamic advantages in suit sizing.
- WADA Director General Olivier Niggli told reporters in Milan that 'If anything was to come to the surface, we would look at anything, and if it is doping related. We don't do other means of enhancing performance,' on Thursday.
- Last month, German newspaper Bild reported hyaluronic acid allegations but named no specific athletes, so the report should be treated cautiously.
- Last summer, two Olympic gold medalists and three staffers on the Norwegian men's ski jumping team faced ethics charges over suit manipulation, prompting FIS to introduce checks and microchips.
- FIS on Friday rejected the Bild claims and local regulators in PREDAZZO dismissed them as a "wild rumor," while James Fitzgerald, WADA spokesperson, told AP hyaluronic acid is not banned and referred suit issues to FIS.
- Former competitive ski jumpers say cheating long centered on suit-sizing and crotch-area alterations, as a larger-than-needed suit can provide an aerodynamic advantage.
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In pursuit of Olympic gold, professional athletes often make sacrifices that most people would find unthinkable. But do these efforts go so far as ski jumpers inject their genitals with hyaluronic acid to fly further? That is the question the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is expected to investigate, after shocking allegations first emerged in the German newspaper Bild, in a story that has since been dubbed “Penisgate.” According to Bild, sever…
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