A SKIING star has claimed his rivals are STUFFING CLAY in their underwear to gain an advantage.
Ski Jumping is currently in the midst of a .
Ski jumping is currently in the grips of a penile enlargement scandalCredit: REUTERS
And a cross-country skier accused several of his skiing rivals of cheating by stuffing clay into their underwearCredit: AFP
Some athletes have been suspected of injecting hyaluronic acid into their genitals to give them an advantage in their jumps.
Enlarging their manhood gives jumpers an advantage as it means they have to wear a bigger suit, which increases their lift and reduces their descent rate due to a bigger wing span.
And cross-country skier Mika Vermeulen has claimed several of his rivals are also cheating by filling their pants with “modelling clay”.
He told NRK : “People were constantly cheating. They stuffed tons of modeling clay into their underwear to achieve a bigger jump.
“This allows the jumper to cheat and gain more suit surface area, which gives an advantage in the air.
“When I was first asked to take measurements, the older and more experienced jumpers came to me and said, ‘It is very important that you tape your penis down.
“‘Because this will make your stride length one or two centimetres lower.'”
The FIS (International Ski and Snowboard Federation) are putting measures in place to address the issue and recently and handed three-month bans to Johann Andre Forfang and Marius Lindvik.
Mika Vermeulen believes cheating is rife in cross-country skiingCredit: AFP
But Vermuelen said: “I can say this with 100% certainty: Everyone who is disqualified in ski jumping and Nordic combined is cheating deliberately.
“And they simply justify it by saying: ‘Yes, yes, but everyone else is doing it too.'”
He continued: ““I’m not saying everyone cheats. I’m just saying that if cheating isn’t strictly punished, you create a bad culture.
“And that’s a dangerous culture. You create a culture where it’s okay to look for loopholes.”
Vermuelen is adamant those found guilty of cheating should face hefty sanctions.
He said: “If you’re caught cheating, you should be banned for a long time.
“You shouldn’t get any cards. You’ve cheated.”
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