Are male ski jumpers injecting a particular sort of acid into their penises so as to achieve a small benefit over their opponents? Possibly. But when so, don’t fear, Winter Olympics officers are on it.
As reported by the BBC, there’s been a wierd rumor floating round males’s ski leaping, and it began after German newspaper Bild reported in January that some athletes have been injecting hyaluronic acid into their penises earlier than being measured by officers for his or her tight-fitting fits. Why? Apparently, the acid, which isn’t banned, causes the injected penis to develop in circumference by about one to 2 centimeters, or rather less than an inch. In concept, this is able to enhance the floor space of the ski go well with throughout jumps, which may probably enhance how far a skier flies and assist them eke out a win.
“Every extra centimetre on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5 percent bigger surface area, you fly further,” ski leaping males’s race director Sandro Pertile advised the BBC. Earlier than the beginning of a season, ski jumpers are 3D scanned and measured to create skin-tight fits. A part of the measuring course of contains the quantity of material across the crotch. So a bit extra girth may present somewhat extra material, and that would equal a barely longer soar.
Are ski jumpers injecting acid into their penises to cheat?
There’s only one downside with this wild concept: There isn’t a proof that it’s occurring on the Winter Olympics.
Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) communications director Bruno Sassi advised the BBC that there has “never been any indication” nor “evidence” {that a} male skier has injected hyaluronic acid into their penis to achieve an unfair benefit. Although additionally it is doable that that is occurring, and no person has been caught but.
“I am not aware of the details of ski jumping, and how that could improve performance,” World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) director Olivier Niggli stated when requested concerning the penis injection claims throughout a latest Winter Olympics press convention. “If anything was to come to the surface, we would look at it and see if it is doping-related. We don’t address other [non-doping] means of enhancing performance.”
WADA’s Polish president Witold Banka added: “Ski jumping is very popular in Poland, so I promise you I’m going to look at it.”
The Winter Olympics begin on Friday in Italy. Males’s ski leaping begins on Monday.
