Olympic controversy grab-bag (curling + ski jumping aero oddity)

1:40:12cheating, I don't know if you saw this. No, I did not. Um this is a family-friendly podcast. And so when I say these words, I am using the biological terminology. This is penis gate. >> Okay. >> Okay. Ski jumping penis gate. Allegedly, some competitive ski jumpers may have artificially enlarged their crotch area by injecting their genitals with engorging chemicals or stuffing their underwear to make a bigger bulge. I'm not kidding. >> What is the What is the athletic advantage of this? >> Okay, so that's exactly like cuz that's a lot injecting stuff down there. >> What? >> Mate, what are you doing? Okay, so here's [laughter] here's the idea,

1:40:52right? >> Um ski jumpers. Ski jumpers, they get laser, whatchamacall. >> No, no, no, no. It's like, it's like they get las their body gets laser scanned. >> Okay. >> And then they the the suit that they put on has to be exactly fitting to their body. >> Oh, it's like uh Frozone's where is my super suit? >> Yes, it's exactly that. Okay. And the reason for that is their um their sport has everything to do with aerodynamics. Okay. So, here's how the physics of that works, right? You go down this giant ski hill, and I think we've got a visual for it. This is 4 to 13. We go down the giant ski hill, right?

1:41:33>> During that downhill, you want to reduce drag as much as possible to get as much velocity. >> Now, when you lift off, >> Yes. >> you want to increase the amount of drag because that is going to increase the amount of lift. >> No way, dude. >> Right. And and what these guys are saying is that if I have a slightly bigger like crotch area, [laughter] That is going to increase my lift and so it's going to make me go farther and that's why they're injecting stuff down there. Dude, they're so insane. >> What is going on? >> The surface area of the bulge increases your lift which is going to get you a farther distance. This is the ski jumping thing where they go up and they're just like >> Yeah. And then they do like a so that

1:42:14they can Yeah. And and they they have to hold this position. Oh god. But like just a I guess a few inches down there. >> Look, a few a few inches has never been more impactful. >> Right. Right. It's a gold medal versus not meddling. >> Don't try this at home. >> No, not at all. >> This is for the >> even at the Olympics. What are you guys doing? >> This is not for your at home Olympics. There's no medals in that sport. It's a losing game. >> Yeah, dude. Anyways, that [laughter] was my last story. That was sort of my stream of consciousness of all the things I was researching. Um, this is the V. And you see like if you make the crotch area just a tiny bit bigger, maybe you get like two more meters

1:42:54>> over the other guy. >> I I don't know what the the the judicial system is for sports. I think it's Cass, the central something for sports. >> Yeah. >> I think you're going to have to look at this issue. >> Yeah. >> Uh because >> this is ridiculous, guys. >> That's uh >> I mean, okay, look, I think steroids are is more reasonable than whatever this is. >> Yeah. Let's not let's not do that. >> Yeah. Um, [laughter] that's I'm going to keep it PG and I'm going to leave it there. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. >> This is This is a family-friendly show, but this is a real thing. >> But that's a real thing. >> It's happening. >> It's happening. I think you guys should know about it [laughter] >> cuz cuz I was alarmed. >> That that is that is quite >> Yeah, >> that is quite [clears throat] uh curious. And this also speaks to

1:43:35again the what we talked about earlier, the stakes as it relates to these high level events like the Olympics >> where the stakes are that high that people will literally physically do anything to their bodies to win. >> Um it's never worth it. Uh no, it's