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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Natasha May

‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?

A ski jumping facility
Hyaluronic acid is a common filler used in cosmetic surgery, including injections being used for penile girth enlargement surgery. Photograph: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

In the quest for Olympic gold, professional athletes endure hardships that might seem unfathomable to most of us mere mortals. But do those lengths extend to ski jumpers injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further?

That is the question the World Anti-Doping Agency will investigate since such startling allegations emerged first in the German newspaper Bild in what has now been dubbed “Penisgate”.

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