00:00What is going on with Olympic ski jumping?
00:02First, the penis gate scandal, and now this.
00:06In the rough-and-tumble world of Olympic ski jumping, size matters.
00:10Boot size, that is.
00:11World Cup winner Daniel Schofenig of Austria saw his gold medal dreams dashed on Monday
00:17because his boots were four millimeters too big.
00:21Now, Daniel tried out these new boots in practice, and while he said he wasn't thrilled with them,
00:25he kept them anyway.
00:26He used them in the qualifying rounds and easily made it through.
00:30Then came the boot check, which is apparently a thing, and he was disqualified ahead of the final.
00:36In a statement, the jumper took full responsibility for his slip-up, saying,
00:40quote, unfortunately, I was naive and I didn't check the sizes.
00:44That was incredibly stupid of me.
00:46And this is not the only ski jumping controversy of the Olympics.
00:50It comes after accusations that some male competitors enlarged their groin area with injections of hyaluronic acid
00:59because it allowed them to alter their uniforms and would, in theory, make them more aerodynamic.
01:05Yes, you are understanding that correctly.
01:08The ski jumpers pumped up their little ski jumpers to fly faster.
01:13You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
01:16You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
01:16You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
01:17You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
01:17You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
01:18You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
01:18You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
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