A plastic surgeon added a new layer to the “penis-gate” controversy at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Alessandro Littara, a surgeon who performs penis-enlarging operations, told USA Today that he provided the surgery — with hyaluronic acid — to a ski jumper last month.

“Regarding the news in question, I did in fact treat an athlete from that sport, whose name and nationality I will obviously not disclose, nor whether he is participating in these Olympics,” Littara told the outlet. “However, I can say that I treated him last month and used a generous dose of hyaluronic acid.”

German publication Bild reported earlier this month that Olympic ski jumpers were using hyaluronic acid injections to artificially enlarge their genital area, which would allow them to wear bigger ski jumping suits.

Bigger suits would help generate more lift on jumps and make it more aerodynamic, potentially adding a few extra meters in the air.

Littara told USA Today that the ski jumper he operated on said that he wanted to avoid embarrassment in the dressing room.

“I cannot say whether he told me the whole truth,” Littara, who has performed over 3,000 penis-enlargement surgeries, said. “But in any case, we did a good job and implanted a more than generous dose of hyaluronic acid.

“The result is immediate, so the athlete could wear the new suit after just a few minutes.”

The World Anti-Doping Agency said there will be an investigation and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation’s communications director, Bruno Sassi, told USA Today that there was no evidence it was happening at these Olympics, calling the allegations “pure hearsay” and a “wild rumor.”

For their own part, the three U.S. ski jumpers said that they did not know of anyone doing it, but did not rule it out.

“It is difficult to say if it’s something that has been done or if people are doing,” Jason Colby told USA Today. “And I guess that, scientifically speaking, it could work. But who knows what other teams are doing behind closed doors.”