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What La’s First-Ever ‘Sperm Race’ Revealed About Male Fertility
Away from the World Bog Snorkelling Championship in Wales or the deadly cheese-rolling race in the UK, we may have discovered a new candidate for the title of most bizarre event in history.
Yes, the world’s first sperm race was conducted in Los Angeles, and with good cause.
Asher Proeger and Tristan Mykel, both 19 and 20, ‘donated’ millions of competitors by pledging to regularly exercise, make sure they were getting at least eight hours of sleep every night, and even abstain from alcohol. All of this was done to ensure that their young swimmers were proficient.
400 people packed into a movie theatre in Los Angeles for a night of crude jokes and tadpole-shaped trinkets, according to the Times.
When they saw the sperm race projected onto a huge screen by sophisticated microscopes, it was the moment.
Los Angeles Centre Studios assisted Sperm Racing in escaping this “sticky” scenario after the Hollywood Palladium, the original venue choice, withdrew owing to press coverage.
Before the major race, Proeger and Mykel’s samples were placed into a’microfluid gadget’ and paraded by two ring ladies dressed in scant attire.
They were placed in plastic tubes after Mykel won the first race and Proeger tied the score in the second. The winner of the third race would be doused with white slime.
Despite the fierce competition, Mykel emerged as the winner.
The purpose of the world’s first sperm race, despite its light-hearted atmosphere, was to draw attention to the ongoing male fertility crisis.
Sperm has been in the news a lot recently, with sperm-injecting AI robots, and biohacker Bryan Johnson trying to de-age his penis. Elon Musk even offered his own swimmers to help populate Mars, with the world’s richest man speaking out on the supposed fertility crisis when he said, “Population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.”
Sperm Racing, a start-up founded by 17-year-old Eric Zhu, has raised more than $1.5 million so far.
Fertility specialist Stephanie Sabourin gave advise at the occasion, outlining the importance of food and exercise in maintaining the health of your sperm. However, a significant contributing element is age, which may explain why the average age of fatherhood in the United States increased from 27.4 in 1972 to 31.5 in 2022.
Allan Pacey, professor of andrology at the University of Manchester, warned: “Layer onto this poor lifestyle choices, such as high alcohol intake, smoking — although this is declining — and poor diet, and you can see how it appears that male infertility is getting more prevalent.”
“Men can of course clean up their lifestyle, and many do. But cleaning up your lifestyle probably can’t undo the effects of ageing.”
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has blamed microplastics, telling Fox News: “A teenager today, an American teenager, has less testosterone than a 68-year-old man. Sperm counts are down 50 per cent and girls are hitting puberty six years early.” Still, there’s no scientific evidence to back up RFK’s claims.
Despite the seemingly admirable aim of Sperm Racing, data analyst Nate Wooding told The Times that he was dubious of the way the organisers appeared to promote betting, concluding, “It seems like it’s a money-making endeavour.”
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