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Cam McEvoy takes out the men’s 50m freestyle final at the Australian swimming trials on Wednesday evening.

McEvoy laughs off Enhanced Games as Short stuns by breaking Australian record

World record holder Cam McEvoy has delivered a candid assessment of last month’s Enhanced Games before taking out another Australian title ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

  • Tom Decent

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James Magnussen after the 100m freestyle at the Enhanced Games.

‘That’s all you got?’ McEvoy and Magnussen trade barbs after Enhanced Games flop

After finishing last in his two events, having “juiced to the gills” to chase a world record, James Magnussen said his fellow Enhanced Games competitors were “not talking about Cam”.

  • Tom Decent
James Magnussen will swim in the 50m and 100m freestyle events in Vegas.

Amid the cynicism, the Enhanced Games will finally happen. But is this sport?

Billionaires, banned substances and a Vegas-style spectacle collide as the Enhanced Games prepare to launch amid global fascination and fierce backlash.

  • Tom Decent
Kristian Gkolomeev (centre) after lowering the 50m freestyle world record. It was not officially registered because he was taking performance-enhancing drugs.

‘It’s about the money’: Cash lure outweighed doping concerns, say Enhanced swimmers

As Cam McEvoy’s world record time becomes a focal point in Las Vegas, swimmers say the lure of million-dollar bonuses outweighs concerns over drugs, reputation and risk.

  • Tom Decent
Fred Kerley Gout Gout

Kerley taunts Gout, challenges teen to race him clean at Enhanced Games

American sprint star Fred Kerley doesn’t think Gout Gout can handle the “pressure” of elite sprinting, warning the teenager he would beat him in a head-to-head race at the Enhanced Games.

  • Tom Decent
American sprinter Fred Kerley is scheduled to compete in the Enhanced Games.

The Enhanced Games are dangerous. They’re not a celebration of science

It’s a prime-time, livestreamed advertisement for a drug business. Swimming, athletics and weightlifting, the bait.

  • Darren Kane
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Australian swimmer James Magnussen ahead of this weekend’s Enhanced Games in las Vegas.

‘History will prove me right’: Inside Magnussen’s Enhanced Games gamble

James Magnussen’s resting heart rate is down to 28 beats per minute as he prepares to go all-in on the world’s most controversial sporting experiment taking place in Las Vegas on Sunday.

  • Tom Decent
Fred Kerley after winning silver in the 100 metres at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The Enhanced Games star trying to run faster than Usain Bolt – drug free

The biggest name at the controversial event will race drug-free in Las Vegas as he chases Usain Bolt’s untouchable 100m world record.

  • Tom Decent
NSW Premier Chris Minns has taken aim at the Albanese government’s budget.

Minns needs to think hard about bracket creep

The NSW premier rightly points out the federal government’s failure to address the issue. Now it’s time to act.

A juiced-up Australian swimmer James Magnussen before a 50-metre swim that launched the Enhanced Games last year.

‘Welcome to superhumanity’: Everything you need to know about the Enhanced Games

Backed by billionaire investors and featuring Olympic medallists using performance-enhancing drugs, the inaugural Games will be held in Las Vegas.

  • Tom Decent