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WADA Hails Final Dismissal of Enhanced Games Lawsuit The World Anti-Doping Agency released a statement on Thursday hailing the final dismissal of the anti-trust suit brought by the Enhanced Games. The performance-enhancing-drug fueled sporting event had sued World Aquatics and USA Swimming under the...

Cody Miller Joining the Enhanced Games, According to New York Times Report According to a report by The New York Times/Athletic, United States Olympic medalist Cody Miller has joined the Enhanced Games. The multi-sport platform will hold competition next May in swimming, track and field and weightli...

Enhanced Games Sues World Aquatics, Others for $800 million The Enhanced Games, a performance-enhancing drugs-fueled spectacle, is suing sports governing bodies on antitrust grounds. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in New York. The World Anti-Doping Agency, World Aquatics and USA Sw...

Enhanced Games’ Lawsuit Against World Aquatics, USA Swimming Dismissed An antitrust lawsuit brought by the Enhanced Games against World Aquatics and USA Swimming was dismissed Monday by a judge in New York. The Olympics-style competition, which allows for the unfettered use of performance-enhancing ...

Megan Romano Announced as First Female Participant in Enhanced Games In May, the Enhanced Games announced its inaugural event would take place Memorial Day Weekend 2026 and the first four swimmers who had committed to the event. The announcement also revealed that one of those swimmers, Greece's Kri...

Shame on Ben Proud for Damaging Legacy With Enhanced Games Move What a sad day for swimming. Ben Proud, whose results have made him the most consistent 50 freestyler in the world over the last half-decade, has committed to racing in the inaugural Enhanced Games next year — and he should be ashamed o...

Olympic Silver Medallist Ben Proud Signs Up For Enhanced Games Olympic silver medalist Ben Proud will compete in the inaugural Enhanced Games next May as he retires from traditional competition to move into an event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. The announcement comes wee...

James Magnussen Claims More Athletes will Join Enhanced Games for Financial Reasons In light of the announcement that the first edition of the Enhanced Games will take place next Memorial Day Weekend, Australian Olympic medalist James Magnussen – one of the faces of the new venture – indicated that ...

World Anti-Doping Agency Condemn ‘Dangerous, Irresponsible’ Enhanced Games The World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday issued a statement condemning the Enhanced Games as “dangerous and irresponsible.” From the organization’s statement: WADA condemns the Enhanced Games as a dangerous and irresponsible ...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced Wednesday, June 11, that it will try to persuade authorities to cancel the Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games is a planned event for next year in Las Vegas that aims to show what athletes can do on medical-supervised performance-enhancing drugs, luring t...

German Olympian Marius Kusch is Latest Swimmer to Join Enhanced Games The Enhanced Games have added another high-profile athlete to its stable with the announcement that German Olympian Marius Kusch has joined the organization's roster. Kusch was a 2020 Olympian and captured the bronze medal in the ...

Sarah Sjostrom Delivers Criticism, Social Media Blocks for Enhanced Games Olympic gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom expressed her dismay this week with the Enhanced Games, saying she’s blocked any publicity of it from her social feeds. The Swedish sprinter has distanced herself from the athletes, includi...

World Aquatics on Tuesday passed a bylaw aimed to “protect sport from enablers of doped sport,” a clear broadside at the Enhanced Games. Full text of the bylaw, approved at World Aquatics meet on Tuesday, is here. It proposes ineligibility for “relevant persons” who, “actively supported or endorsed ...

Retired Irish Olympian Shane Ryan Joins Enhanced Games Newly retired Irish Olympian Shane Ryan announced Monday he’s joining the Enhanced Games. Ryan retired from competitive swimming last week. His decision drew immediate condemnation from sports governing bodies in Ireland. “Sport Ireland is deepl...

Kyle Chalmers Turned Down Substantial Offer to Compete in Enhanced Games According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Kyle Chalmers turned down a multi-million dollar overture to compete in the Enhanced Games. Journalist Tom Decent broke the news in the SMH, reporting that Chalmers...

ASCA Offers Opposition to Enhanced Games with ‘Core Values’ of Clean Sport The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) joined the chorus of opposition to the Enhanced Games in a statement on Friday. The association used the opportunity to “reaffirm its unwavering commitment to clean sport, athl...

Enhanced Games Slated for 2026 Memorial Day Weekend; Kristian Gkolomeev Goes Faster Than 50 Free World Record During a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas, organizers announced that the inaugural edition of The Enhanced Games will take place over Memorial Day Weekend in 2026. The co...