At The Winter Olympics brings about what, if it turns out to be true, would go down in history as one of the cases of most bizarre doping ever, already christened “penis-gate”. There World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has announced that, if necessary, it will verify the accusations, arising from an investigation by Bild, according to which some ski jumpers had injected hyaluronic acid in the penis to temporarily enlarge it and thus be able to wear larger suits which would guarantee them aerodynamic advantages.
Wada’s position and Olivier Niggli’s words
“I am not aware of the details relating to ski jumping and how this would improve performance,” Wada’s general director said at a press conference today, Olivier Niggli, «if something came out, we would investigate and understand if it was a case of doping. We don’t worry about other ways of improving performance that are not related to doping.”
The denials of the athletes and the precedents on the suits
Ski jumping athletes contacted by the media have strongly denied the existence of this practice and no athlete has so far been accused of having used it. However, it is true that in the past the specialists of this discipline have made small changes to theirs suits to take advantage.
The case of the Norwegian team and the uneven seams
Last month several members of the Norwegian team were suspended after they were caught on video adding irregular stitching to the crotch of their suit during training. World Championships last year