Apparently, the benefits of being well-hung go beyond the bedroom.
In the Olympic sport of ski jumping, every extra centimetre of surface area on the athlete’s suit can help them remain in the air just milliseconds longer.
But are some athletes at the games actually injecting their penises in an attempt to give them more hang time?
Bild, a German news outlet, reported back in January that some jumpers are resorting to hyaluronic acid injections in their penises before measurement of their suits.
Such injections can last in the penis for up to 18 months.
Hyaluronic acid injections in the penis can also increase the circumference by one to two centimetres.
Sorry, gentlemen, it does not increase length.
The accusations reported in Bild have not been proven. However, the World Anti-Doping Agency has responded to the claims after they were asked about them in a recent press conference.
“If anything was to come to the surface, we would look at it and see if it is doping-related,” Wada director general Olivier Niggli said at a press conference before opening ceremonies for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
“We don’t address other [non-doping] means of enhancing performance.”
Cheating the system in ski jumping has started to garner attention since last year, when two Olympic medalists for Norway, Marius Lindvik and Johann André Forfang, were given three-month suspensions.
They were deemed innocent parties in the manner; however, their team reportedly adjusted the threads of the suits around their crotches at the 2025 World Ski Championships. The coaches who illegally adjusted the suits were handed 18-month suspensions.
Nowadays, ski jumpers are measured using 3D body scanners, meaning that skirting the rules has become tougher.
Not only that, but additional measures were implemented following Norway’s cheating scandal, which includes a tamper chip in suits.
There is a doctor to assist in the screening, but the injection of hyaluronic acid below the belt is theoretically tougher to track, even with the enhanced measures.
According to Bild, before 3D scanners, some jumpers used methods such as placing foam around the testicles prior to measurement.
Men’s ski jumping at the Olympics begins on Monday.