What's going on with Olympic skiers and penises?

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• remon@ani.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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

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  • slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How? Did he like put his penis in icewater beforehand?

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    • remon@ani.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      He inject some chemical into it.

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• dhork@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Did you read the articles attached to the headlines?

  They found that ski jumpers can get a measurable advantage is thier suits are loose fitting, because it increases drag. As a results, 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 it 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.

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  • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Still not the craziest story of the year so far

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    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.

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• finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.”

  ESPN article on the controversy

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• Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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• emirbutdumb@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    some free space that increases aerodynamic of athlete

    2-3 extra centimeters means double digit meters in jump distance…

    Like, it’s not like they need to double song size to see an advantage. So it’s probably not even all injects, even “pumping” would give a huge advantage.

    It specs to how the equipment they use is responsible for a lot of the performance. They should make them do it in blue jeans and hoodies, get some realistic distances

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• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  This is why Elon Musk pulled out of the ski jump.

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• 1dalm@lemmings.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • tyler@programming.dev ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Every additional centimeter of circumference on your suit gives you almost ten extra feet of distance. It’s insane.

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    • 1dalm@lemmings.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Aerodynamics are obviously very important in the sport, but I doubt it’s that extreme.

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• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Have a few more cm here, then you win a few more cm there… 🙃

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