I’ve seen headlines this week about Olympic skiers and the dangers of a bigger bulge/cup or something?
The ski-jumping suits are heavily regulated and have to be very tight, because even a small bit of extra fabric will provide extra lift and will increase the distance of a jump.
One ski-jumper was accuses of cheating on his penis-messurement (apparently they really do that) so he could get some extra fabric added to his suit.
accuses of cheating on his penis-messurement (apparently they really do that)
Oh damn that’s crazy…
Only kind of related, but I always thought women in combat sports with big breasts are at a disadvantage because of weight classes. Like maybe they should weigh their tits and subtract it from the total? I can’t be the only one who’s ever thought about this right? Lol
How? Did he like put his penis in icewater beforehand? Or did he enlargen it by getting a half-stiffy?
He inject some chemical into it.
From what I understand, this is something a German tabloid speculated on and the world ran with it. There’s currently no evidence this actually happened.
“This wild rumor started off a few weeks ago from pure hearsay,” FIS spokesperson Bruno Sassi told The Associated Press. “There has never been any indication, let alone evidence, that any competitor has ever made use of a hyaluronic acid injection to attempt to gain a competitive advantage.”
Did you read the articles attached to the headlines?
They found that ski jumpers can get a measurable advantage if thier suits are loose fitting even a little bit, because it increases drag. As a result, their suits are carefully regulated and they are made based on a full body 3D scan.
It’s been speculated that some ski jumpers may have been taking injections meant to increase the size of their flaccid penis before that scan, so that the larger size will be included in the scan, and then if they are back to normal size before the competition, it has the effect of their suit fitting more loosely and increasing drag.
So basically like boxers dehydrating themselves before weigh-in.
Still not the craziest story of the year so far
I saw that an addition of only 4 square centimeters in the crotchal region translates into a 5% increase in lift, and an increase in distance of 5.8 meters, which is a significant advantage. So it makes sense that they would do whatever is necessary to gain that extra coverage in the crotchal region.
This is what I heard: For the ski jump the size of your suit is very important for airtime. There are regulations that the suits surface can only be 4 inches more than your skin surface. They are investigating if male ski jumpers have been injecting their penis to get a bigger bulge, so their suit is allowed to have slightly more surface area.
they inject some shit to their penises so their penis can be bigger in full body scan. (they scan your body so they can make a suit for you.) after the chemicals lose their effect, suit will have some free space that increases aerodynamic of athlete
This is why Elon Musk pulled out of the ski jump.
What’s going on is that in the Olympics the difference between Gold and nothing can literally be centimeters.
If there is something an athlete in the Olympics can do to give themselves another 3 centimeters they will do it.
Every additional centimeter of circumference on your suit gives you almost ten extra feet of distance. It’s insane.
Aerodynamics are obviously very important in the sport, but I doubt it’s that extreme.
There are studies. Hence the multiple cheating scandals, because we know how small of a change can massively affect your flight. Here’s one:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12611860/
Changing the suit circumference by +2 cm increased the lift area (𝐶𝑙𝐴) by ∼5% and the drag area (𝐶𝑑𝐴) by ∼4%. This was simulated to change the jump length by 5.8 m, which corresponds to an increase of 2.8 m/cm in suit tolerance, for a reference jump of 130 m
2.8 meters for every increase in a single centimeter of circumference.
Have a few more cm here, then you win a few more cm there… 🙃