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Greek swimmer Kristián Goloméev, during the medal ceremony, after his victory at the Enhanced Games in Las Vegas (Nevada), May 24 2026. Étienne Laurent/AFP

Enhanced Games: what’s the issue?

The Enhanced Games wound up on May 24 2026 without the medal shower that was widely expected, but what does the multi-sport event really stand for when it’s stripped of the moral frenzy?
Olympic swimming medallist Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games, an event which allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. PA Images/Alamy

The outrage over the Enhanced Games ignores the risks many already accept in sport

We’re outraged that the Enhanced Games allows doping, yet fans happily watch boxers suffer brain damage. The real scandal is the hypocrisy about athletic harm.
A and B sample bottles from a human urine doping test. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has set off a controversy by allowing Russia to test its own athletes. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Athletes are rightly concerned about lifting Russia’s doping ban

The decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency to lift its ban on Russia’s drug testing has set off another controversy about whether there will ever be a level playing field in the world of sports.

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