Chris Giamali
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Oh, it was so funny.
I've been with the Enhance folks for over a year now.
And for them to overlook some crucial elements of actually throwing the games was kind of hilarious to witness in person.
The big one was the event took place without a roof in the sort of pop-up stadium that they had constructed, which is...
kind of not a great thing in the middle of the Nevada desert, especially in the middle of the day.
It was like 95 degrees, sun beating down.
And, you know, there were women and children in the audience, like old ladies who needed to be like wheelchaired, like to safety pretty much.
And it was sort of this inhospitable environment for weightlifters and sprinters to be competing in, which is, I think, part of the reason why world records weren't even like
coming close to being touched in those sports.
But the swimmers did okay.
So, you know, we all kind of wanted to jump in the pool at some point.
And yeah, that was kind of how that all unfolded.
So the swimmer who actually did break the world record, he's this Greek swimmer named Christian Golem.
He's like 6'7".
When he puts his arms over his head, he's literally shaped like a barracuda.
So it was kind of like no surprise that he ended up winning.
And he ended up breaking the world record at the very, very, very end of the night.
It was literally down to that last event, which was hilarious because you could see every executive there who are Peter Thiel Associates,
sweating through their way too hot suits in the sun.
And they were just so relieved that someone finally broke a world record, which was really, really funny to witness in person.