BBC presenter Gabby Logan has offered her expert take on ‘penis-gate’, the scandal that has overshadowed the 2026 Winter Olympics. The bizarre saga ignited after Ski jumpers came under scrutiny amidst claims of cheating. The event has been part of the Winter Olympics since 1924 but has never faced such exposure as it’s experiencing this year.

The event is ongoing and concludes with the men’s super team finals on Monday, February 16. Yet, there are concerns about the potential extreme measures some male athletes may take in search of Olympic glory, German publication Bild claimed there are concerns that some athletes are injecting hyaluronic acid into their genitals to gain a competitive advantage. Logan, speaking on the Sports Agents podcast alongside Mark Chapman and CNN anchor Amanda Davies, has now weighed in on the surreal tale.

“There have been so many great stories coming out already from these games,” Logan began. “And just after we recorded Thursday’s Sports Agents, one of the all time great stories broke and we haven’t had a chance to talk about it yet. And in the days since, I’ve been able to consume quite a lot of information about this story.

“I can bring our listeners up to speed with Penis-gate. Because I think the first thing that anybody thought when they saw those headlines about, this is the ski jumper’s story, allegedly putting hyaluronic acid, which actually is something that’s quite often used in esthetics, into their penises.

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“To increase the girth of the penis, which in turn would mean you could have a bigger suit. And it’s the surface area of the suit, which apparently gives you the advantage. Now there’s a lot of questions that spring to mind from this.

“Well, do you know what, the thing that made me laugh the most was somebody from whatever authorities, whether it’s ski jumping authorities or winter Olympic authorities or the British Urology Association and the quote was “there’s no evidence of this, but if anything was to come to the surface, we would look at it.”

“You’re looking to increase the surface area of a suit, there are other areas of the body you could just work on naturally to get bigger, could you not?”

The Ski suits are regulated to specific margins and have to match the measurements of an athlete’s body. The information is gathered before every season using a 3D scanner, which provides an individual’s stride length from the lowest point of the genital area.

Ahead of this season, athletes even took part in a 3D body scan to determine the size of their competitive suit and prevent athletes from tampering with their outfit.

Scientific studies have suggested that any increase in the surface area of a skinsuit can effectively turn the jumper into a human glider, implying that the bigger a particular bulge, the further they might fly.

No athlete has been officially accused of using this method. However, Team Norway were judged to have manipulated the crotch section of their outfits at last year’s World Championships.

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Head coach Magnus Brevik, assistant coach Thomas Lobben and staff member Adrian Livelten were hit with 18-month bans. Defending Olympic large hill ski jump champion Marius Lindvik and two-time medallist Johann Andre Forfang received three-month suspensions.

Dr. Kamran Karim, a senior consultant at Maria-Hilf Hospital in Krefeld, told BILD: “It is possible to achieve a temporary, visual thickening of the penis by injecting paraffin or hyaluronic acid. However, this does not lengthen it. Such an injection is not medically indicated and is associated with risks.”