MILAN ― Ski jumpers and penile injections have become one of the most awkward conversations of the 2026 Winter Games.
Now the International Ski and Snowboard Federation has dismissed it all as a "wild rumor."
The discussion first surfaced in the Bild, a German newspaper, that reported ski jumpers allegedly get penile-enlarging injections of hyaluronic acid to increase the size of their suit and, as a result, the distance of their jumps.
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The matter escalated when the World Anti-Doping Agency said it would investigate if there were evidence to support the claims. But the International Ski and Snowboard Federation largely rejected that possibility in an email sent from the federation’s communications director, Bruno Sassi.
