Norway's Anna Odine Stroem shocked favorite Nika Prevc to take gold in the individual normal hill competition on Saturday.

Winter Olympic ski jumpers are allegedly artificially inflating the size of their equipment in order to fly further down the slopes. The allegations, first reported in the German newspaper Bild, suggest that male athletes at the games currently happening in Italy are taking needles to their members and filling them with hyaluronic acid.

You heard right. This is the story of the ski jumping scandal involving crotches, the Olympics and some rumors of... penis injections?!

Ski jumping kicks off at Milan Cortina 2026 with the women's individual normal hill competition. Slovenian Nika Prevc is the heavy favorite to win gold, though Japan could bring the heat.

Anna Odine Stroem of Norway won the Olympic gold medal on the normal hill in women's ski jumping Saturday ahead of Slovenian favorite Nika Prevc.

German newspaper Bild first reported on the potential scandal last month. The outlet claims some male skiers may be injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to justify the use of larger suits while competing. Silly as this sounds, the World Anti-Doping Agency isn’t completely dismissing the claims just yet.

It's been 102 years since a U.S. ski jumper made the podium at the Winter Olympics. Team USA's one and only ski jumping medal came in 1924.

Additional protocols were implemented following the Norwegian ski team's suit-altering scandal

The Communications Director for the Ski and Snowboard Federation has dismissed claims of ski jumpers getting penile injections as it as 'wild rumor.’

Thousands of the world’s best athletes will flock to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy in February 2026 for the 25th Winter Olympics. While sports fans are focused on the athletic feats of the Olympians,