Merritt: Still can't see it
Olympic track champion LaShawn Merritt failed three successive drugs tests after taking an over-the-counter penis enlargement product.
The 400m world and Olympic gold medallist clearly felt that confessing to having a small penis was preferable to suspicions of cheating, astutely observing that he had behaved in a ‘foolish, immature and egotistical’ manner. Despite his admission he is now suspended from competition and faces a two-year ban.
Doug Logan, CEO of USA Track and Field, said that Merritt ‘has now put his entire career under a cloud and in the process made himself the object of jokes,’ adding that he was ‘disgusted by this entire episode.’
The male enhancement product in question has been identified as ExtenZe. However, this recent event shows that taking any medication advertised on the internet as promising a ‘27% increase in size‘ may not be a spectacularly good idea after all.
It is not known how many top-level swimmers are taking penis enlargement medication but officials say that, thanks to new suit designs, it should be relatively easy to determine how widespread the practice is.
