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Emma Gillespie

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The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

Yeah.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

We also had some investors in the crowd and about 200 media from around the world.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

Yeah, I wasn't expecting this, Billie, and I'd say the enhanced games organizers probably weren't expecting it either.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

Let's start with James Magnusson, the Aussie swimmer, two-time Olympian.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

He was the

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

first athlete to actually sign into the Enhanced Games in 2024.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

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.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

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.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

I know.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

It's so awkward.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

In the 100 metre free, he clocked 49.44 seconds.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

Now that's a quick swim.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

I was going to say, which is not slow.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

That is not slow by any stretch.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

49.44 seconds, but Magnusson's personal best from 2012 is 47.10 seconds.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

So despite that supervised performance enhancing drug use, he was still two seconds slower than his career best.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

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.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

And that Greek swimmer also won the 50 metre free event as well.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

Now, this is where it gets interesting.

The Daily Aus
What went wrong for the Enhanced Games?

He swam 50 metres in 20.81 seconds.