'We implanted more than a generous dose': Plastic surgeon sends Olympic 'penisgate' rumours into overdrive

A leading plastic surgeon who specialises in penis-enlarging procedures has said he went to work on a ski jumper's crotch last month, as the World Anti-Doping Agency continues its investigation into the Olympic scandal dubbed "penisgate".

The surgeon, however, did not confirm if the athlete he had treated was competing at the Milano Cortina Olympics, where claims have been swirling of ski jumpers using hyaluronic acid to make their penises bigger.

German media outlet Bild reported on the eve of the Olympics that ski jumpers were having hyaluronic acid pumped into their penises to increase the surface area of their suits.

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The bigger the suits, the farther ski jumpers can go, such is the nature of aerodynamics.

Hyaluronic acid is not on WADA's list of banned substances.

Alessandro Littara, an Italian professor who describes himself as a "male genital aesthetic surgeon", has sent the penisgate rumours into overdrive.

"Regarding the news in question, I did in fact treat an athlete from that sport [ski jumping], whose name and nationality I will obviously not disclose, nor whether he is participating in these Olympics," Littara told USA TODAY.

"However, I can say that I treated him last month and used a generous dose of hyaluronic acid."

Littara told USA TODAY the athlete wanted to have his penis enlarged to avoid embarrassment in the dressing rooms.

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"I cannot say whether he told me the whole truth," Littara added.

"But in any case, we did a good job and implanted more than a generous dose of hyaluronic acid."

Littara also said: "The result is immediate, so the athlete could wear the new suit after just a few minutes."

FIS ski jumping chief Sandro Pertile confirmed the bigger the suit, the farther ski jumpers go.

"Every extra centimetre on a suit counts," Pertile said when penisgate blew up.

"If your suit has a five per cent bigger surface area, you fly further."

WADA director general Olivier Niggli addressed the rumours at the Milano Cortina Games.

"I am not aware of the details of ski jumping, and how that could improve performance," Niggli said.

"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."

Smirking, WADA's Polish president Witold Banka said: "Ski jumping is very popular in Poland, so I promise you I'm going to look at it."

FIS communications director Bruno Sassi dismissed talk of penis injections as "wild rumour" and "pure hearsay".

"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," Sassi told The Associated Press.

Ski jumping involves athletes zooming down a ramp, launching off a jump and trying to fly as far as possible.

Athletes are judged on the length of their jump as well as style.