From Reuters.

Possibly the Olympics’ strangest sideshow: The World Anti-Doping Agency said it would be on the lookout for any evidence male ski jumpers were artificially enlarging their penises in a bid to manipulate one of the sport’s rules.

World skiing’s governing body has moved swiftly to quash talk of ski jumpers injecting their penises with paraffin or hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive edge, but scientists and ski jumpers at the Winter Olympics say if true it would make perfect sense.

WADA’s comment came after it was questioned about a report in Germany’s Bild which said the newspaper had discovered insider talk of the practice being used to alter athletes’ ski jump suit measurement point, thereby securing a larger, more aerodynamic suit for the duration of the season.

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