The first-ever Enhanced Games (open to those using performance-enhancing drugs) featured 42 athletes, three of whom were competing clean. All three won their respective events.
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FWIW I think the "clean" athletes were just not on the event's official enhancement program. They could well have been doping for all we know (especially given the history of Fred Kerley).
It turns out almost all the running times were incredibly slow (slower than some high school races), and as this video suggests, the biggest difference the swimmers had was wearing the special suits that aren't normally allowed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCsf49OwvmU
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but this is not an entirely new concept. They tried something similar back in 1988:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdG-iTilWU
Did not even have to click this link to know exactly where it was going.
"some sort of fish paralyzer..."
Most of the athletes with top times in the 100m were doping anyway. Pretty much everyone except for Usain Bolt!
This entire stunt also feels engineered to appeal to athletes who have aged out of competition and can’t accept it.
Also: do any women compete? All coverage seems focused on men or do doping women have too much testosterone that would trigger a whole OTHER rage-inducing topic?
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