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Another Olympian Joins the Enhanced Games

Sprinter Fred Kerley set to join no-testing games next year in Las Vegas

(Newser) - Former world sprint champion Fred Kerley has become the first track athlete and first American to join the no-drug-testing Enhanced Games. Kerley is currently serving a ban for missed doping tests and is not at the world championships in Tokyo this week, reports the AP . His lawyers have said he...

Enhanced Games Files $800M Suit Against Its Critics

It's seeking injunctive relief

(Newser) - The startup Olympic-style sports festival promising no drug testing filed an $800 million antitrust lawsuit against its detractors Wednesday for what it claims is an illegal campaign to make athletes boycott its event. The Enhanced Games filed the lawsuit in federal court in New York, naming World Aquatics, USA Swimming,...

The Wild Story of How the Enhanced Games Came to Life

Amit Katwala digs deep for Wired

(Newser) - The Enhanced Games is slated to debut in Las Vegas in 2026, openly encouraging athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs as they chase world records and million-dollar prizes. At the center of this controversial movement are ex-Olympians, Silicon Valley investors, and a mission to redefine the limits of human achievement....

World Aquatics Takes Tough Stance on Enhanced Games

It promises athletes who join doping-friendly Vegas event will be banned for life

(Newser) - Athletes who participate in next year's "Enhanced Games"—an event that allows and even encourages performance-enhancing drugs—will face a ban from all World Aquatics competitions, the global swim governing body announced Tuesday. The Enhanced Games, scheduled for four days in May in Las Vegas, promises...

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