It's like the Olympics - except steroids are allowed
The first Enhanced Games are being held this weekend in Las Vegas, featuring athletes and significant financial backing, but also considerable controversy. Organizers state the event aims to explore the boundaries of human performance, while critics, particularly within the Olympic movement, view it as a violation of sport's core principles.

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AI-generatedThe first Enhanced Games are being held this weekend in Las Vegas, featuring athletes and significant financial backing, but also considerable controversy. Organizers state the event aims to explore the boundaries of human performance, while critics, particularly within the Olympic movement, view it as a violation of sport's core principles. Travis Tygart, CEO of the US Anti Doping Agency, argues that the solution to doping issues in the Olympics is reform, not the legalization of performance-enhancing drugs, emphasizing the need for athletes to compete on a level playing field. Enhanced Games organizers, however, contend they are openly addressing what they perceive as widespread, clandestine doping among athletes.
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5 extractedThe answer to Olympic anti-doping failures is reforming the system, not doping.
US sprinter Fred Kerley is among those involved in the Enhanced Games.
Critics, especially in the Olympic movement, dismiss Enhanced as an affront to the spirit of sport.
Enhanced claims it is bringing out into the open that many athletes cheat and take performance-enhancing drugs in the shadows.
Enhanced games claim to push the limits of human performance.