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We also had some investors in the crowd and about 200 media from around the world.
Yeah, I wasn't expecting this, Billie, and I'd say the enhanced games organizers probably weren't expecting it either.
Let's start with James Magnusson, the Aussie swimmer, two-time Olympian.
first athlete to actually sign into the Enhanced Games in 2024.
The first athlete who put his hand up and said famously that he was willing to juice himself to the gills to have a crack at breaking the world record, getting that million dollar bonus.
He spent two years on a doping program under the supervision of the Enhanced Games, and he finished last in both of his races, the 100 metre and 50 metre freestyle events.
It's so awkward.
In the 100 metre free, he clocked 49.44 seconds.
Now that's a quick swim.
I was going to say, which is not slow.
That is not slow by any stretch.
49.44 seconds, but Magnusson's personal best from 2012 is 47.10 seconds.
So despite that supervised performance enhancing drug use, he was still two seconds slower than his career best.
But a Greek swimmer, a guy named Christian Golomev, won the 100 metres in 46.60 seconds, just shy of the official world record of 46.40 set by a Chinese swimmer at the Paris Games.
And that Greek swimmer also won the 50 metre free event as well.
Now, this is where it gets interesting.
He swam 50 metres in 20.81 seconds.