EXPLAINED: Enhanced games event - The Real Truth

Judging the first drug-enhanced games event

The inaugural Enhanced Games, held in Las Vegas in May, allowed participating athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs. The Games' founder, Aron D'Souza, claimed before the start: "We're going to obliterate the world records… it will be a watershed moment in the history of humanity -- a new generation of superheroes."

Bangkok Post · Jul 22

'False narrative': Chalmers on Olympic cash debate

Saying money has never been more important than ever as a new father, swimmer Kyle Chalmers says he can't blame clean athletes for going to the Enhanced Games.

AAP · Jun 11

Enhanced Games nothing more than marketing: McEvoy

The Enhanced Games will soon be forgotten by the world of sport, with Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy describing the pro-doping event as a marketing ploy.

AAP · Jun 10

After attending the Enhanced Games, I told its founder it will fail by 2031. This is why

While the event’s movers and shakers are rich and smart, they don’t come across as caring deeply about sport

The Guardian - UK · May 26

Just 1 World Record at the Enhanced Games Shows the Integrity of the Competition

I watched hours and hours of the Enhanced Games so you didn’t have to.

Reason · May 26

Inside the Enhanced Games: Everything that happened on sport’s most controversial night

91% of competitors used testosterone, 79% human growth hormone – but the promise of multiple world records failed to materialise. Here's what actually happened.

Euronews · May 26

Enhanced Games Shocker: Swimmer Beats Official World Record and Takes Home $1 Million

Kristian Gkolomeev broke a world record at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas, amidst controversy over the event's pro-doping policy, earning a £0.7 million bonus

International Business Times UK · May 26

Olympians Cam McEvoy & James Magnussen Are Beefing Over The Enhanced Games’ ‘Broken’ Records

“Cam’s sitting at home talking about us. We’re not talking about Cam.”

Pedestrian.tv · May 26

“Steroid Olympics” Deemed “Huge Flop” After Juiced Up Athletes Humiliated—9 Biggest Fails Of The Competition

“I don’t know what this event is because it’s completely random... gets weirder and weirder.”

Bored Panda · May 25

SWIM:World record bettered at Enhanced Games; Missile flops

Australia's star competitor has finished last in his two events as the inaugural Enhanced Games ended with an unofficial world record time.

AAP · May 25