British swimmer and 2024 Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud will compete within the 2026 Enhanced Video games. However what are they?
The multi-sport Enhanced Video games will enable athletes to make use of performance-enhancing substances with out being topic to drug exams.
These behind the proposal declare it will likely be the ‘Olympics of the longer term’, permitting athletes to take medicine in a bid to interrupt ‘world information’.
Founder Aron D’Souza believes athletes needs to be entitled to do what they want with their very own our bodies.
However the Australian businessman’s idea has been closely criticised for the potential affect on athletes’ well being, and undermining honest play.
UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) stated final yr its mission was “to guard sport from doping cheats”. It added: “There is no such thing as a place in sport for performance-enhancing medicine, nor the Enhanced Video games.”
At a launch occasion on Wednesday, Las Vegas was introduced because the host of the inaugural Enhanced Video games, which is able to run from 21-24 Could 2026.
Organisers stated that underneath their permitted situations, Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev had gone quicker than the 50m freestyle world record, which has stood since 2009.
