US EditionOlympic Champion McEvoy Says Enhanced Games 'Record' Meaningless
- In February 2025 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greek Olympian Kristian Gkolomeev swam the 50-meter freestyle in 20.89 seconds as part of the Enhanced Games documentary.
- The swim followed Gkolomeev's three-month reported use of performance-enhancing drugs and involved a banned full-body suit outside World Aquatics standards.
- The Enhanced Games, founded by Aron D'Souza, promotes drug use to push performance beyond official limits but faces strong condemnation from World Aquatics and WADA.
- Gkolomeev's time beat Cesar Cielo's 2009 official world record of 20.91 seconds but will not be recognized by any official sporting body, as McEvoy called it "meaningless."
- The event highlights a growing rift in sport over doping, with critics warning of health risks and integrity loss while organizers argue for transparency and athlete consent.
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Olympic champion McEvoy says Enhanced Games 'record' meaningless
SYDNEY :Olympic 50 metres freestyle champion Cam McEvoy thinks the record time claimed by Kristian Gkolomeev as part of the Enhanced Games programme, where swimmers are allowed to use banned drugs, is irrelevant to the sport.Enhanced Games organisers announced on Wednesday that Greek Gkolomeev swam the 50m fr
Enhanced Games world record claim: What does it mean?
An event dubbed "Olympics on Drugs" and backed by the Trump family has moved a step closer to reality. The Enhanced Games claim one of its doped athletes has already broken a world record and now has a venue and date.
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Doping star breaks world record
Greek star Kristian Gkolomeev broke the 50m world record and won $1.5m as part of the Enhanced Games.
The Enhanced Games Envision More Than Events Without Drug Testing
When Kristian Gkolomeev woke up one morning in February, the last thing he expected to do was break a world record in the pool. The Greek swimmer and four-time Olympian, who finished fifth in the 50-m freestyle in Paris and Tokyo, had come to Greensboro, N.C., to take part in a preview of something called the Enhanced Games, a new start-up that plans to stage an Olympic-style competition permitting the use of most performance-enhancing drugs (PE…
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