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The Enhanced Games, a Las Vegas-Based Athletic Festival Where the Cheaters Can Cheat
- An event that permits the use of performance-enhancing substances will launch May 21-24, 2026, at Resorts World Las Vegas, featuring competitions in swimming, track and field, and weightlifting.
- The event emerged in 2023 to challenge international anti-doping efforts, which some critics consider ineffective amid multiple doping scandals.
- The festival will feature swimming, track and field, and weightlifting with participants monitored medically and competing for purses up to $500,000 plus bonuses.
- James Magnussen, a 2012 Olympic swimming medalist and first athlete committed, strongly supports clean sport but joined the Games under its different rules.
- Leading sports authorities criticized the Games as posing risks to fairness in competition, labeling the concept dangerous, while event organizers argue their strategy prioritizes athlete safety and innovative practices.
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Controversial Competition – Encourages Steroids
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