Winter Olympics: Penis enhancement mystery under scrutiny as World Anti-Doping Agency look to investigate

Fears of penis-based skulduggery have placed ski jumping under scrutiny at the start of the Winter Olympics in Milan.

In a low blow for Olympic spirit, it's been suggested that elite ski jumpers have been augmenting their penises for sporting advantage.

These claims will be investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency after suggestions that athletes are enhancing the size of their crotch area to gain a competitive edge.

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The issue of athletes potentially injecting substances like hyaluronic acid directly into their penises, in order to boost their size and merit a bigger ski suit - which helps aerodynamics - were first raised in the German newspaper Bild.

Addressing the mystery, dubbed "penis-gate", WADA director general Olivier Niggli said at a press conference in Milan: "I am not aware of the details of ski jumping, and how that could improve performance.

"If anything was to come to the surface, we would look at it and see if it is doping related. We don't address other [non-doping] means of enhancing performance."

Ski jumpers have vigorously denied such a practice exists, and no athlete has been either accused or found guilty of such behaviour.

However, ski jumping teams have long sought to gain a competitive advantage over rivals by making minor changes to their jumping suits.

Last month, a number of members of the Norwegian team were suspended after being caught on video adding illegal stitching into the crotch area of their suits during last year's World Championship.