Emma Gillespie

I guess that could be seen as an advantage.

Right.

Yeah, he reportedly earned about $150,000 Aussie dollars for one day's work.

That includes the money that he got for participating in two events, as well as some appearance fees.

So like I said, there are reports that last place finishers still made about 75 grand per head.

The Greek swimmer that I mentioned, not only did he get that $1 million bonus, he also made about 750K from his winnings in the total of events that he participated in.

And, you know, obviously for Magnussen, this wouldn't have been the result that he was hoping for, but he's walked away far from empty handed.

So one swimmer out of the US, Hunter Armstrong, who you may have heard of, he competed drug free and won the 50 metre backstroke.

He beat competitors who were on doping programs swimming alongside him.

So that was a really clear and loud message to the audience, to the organisers.

But many athletes chose not to enhance to protect their eligibility for the 2028 LA Olympic Games and also to prove a point about remuneration, about salaries.

You know, as you said, Billy, the Olympics doesn't pay athletes for their participation and successes.

Individual countries may.

Sponsorship deals earn them money, but it's hard to be a professional athlete in this day and age unless you're in that very, very, very, very top field of, you know, being super charismatic and getting great sponsorship deals.

So some athletes really said that they couldn't afford not to participate in this, and Hunter Armstrong is one of those athletes.

He earned over $300,000 in total, and he said that he's going to use that prize money to fund his training for the Olympics.

So there was one American sprinter who's pretty famous, Fred Curley.

He also refused to dope.

He also won his event, the men's 100-meter sprint.

The women's 100-meter sprint was also won by a non-enhanced athlete named