While unable to confirm whether that explanation was the \u201cwhole truth\u201d, Littara, who has performed the procedure on more than 3000 penises, said he had \u201cimplanted a more than generous dose of hyaluronic acid\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe result is immediate, so the athlete could wear the new suit after just a few minutes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A study published in the academic journal Frontiers found a 2cm increase in the circumference of a ski suit could raise a jumper\u2019s lift force by 5% and drag force by 4%, resulting in an estimated 5.8m increase in total jump distance.<\/p>\n
FIS communications director Bruno Sassi said in an email to USA Today that there was no evidence any athletes had used the injection to \u201cattempt to gain a competitive advantage\u201d.<\/p>\n
He added that 3D testing of athletes\u2019 physical dimensions was used at the games to deter cheating.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main goal is to identify and\/or prevent possible manipulations or violations of equipment rules \u2013 notably, the intentional lowering of the crotch measurement to gain advantage over opponents,” Sassi said.<\/p>\n
He added that ski suits were tested to ensure they were up to Olympic standards, and were microchipped so officials could scan them before each race to verify approval.<\/p>\n
Providing further insight into the cosmetic use of hyaluronic acid, Littara said the substance must be reapplied regularly to maintain increased size.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow often depends on individual characteristics, but realistically at least three times a year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually, at least 20ml of hyaluronic acid is implanted, but the amount can be customised according to individual needs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While unable to confirm whether that explanation was the \u201cwhole truth\u201d, Littara, who has performed the procedure on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2246,160716,9218,61193,305,15221,23335,111,139,69,25292,5106,37490,6777,11325,46616,121517,126689,176,8214,114551,9871,213,63439,1361,61,27342,23644],"class_list":["post-289651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2246","tag-administered","tag-before","tag-enlargement","tag-have","tag-improve","tag-injection","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-olympic","tag-olympics","tag-penis","tag-performance","tag-plastic","tag-procedure","tag-skier","tag-skiers","tag-slopes","tag-sparked","tag-specialising","tag-speculation","tag-sports","tag-surgeon","tag-that","tag-to","tag-undergone","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}