Emma Gillespie

Yes.

So they have said that all athletes were put through health testing, blood tests, heart and brain screening.

This is really a program, or at least the Enhanced Games have tried to sell it as such.

So the founder described this kind of rigorous protocol that all athletes were subjected to that...

They are enhanced, quote, ethically and safely with effectiveness.

The head of the Enhanced Games Medical Commission said that there are some risks associated with these drugs, but that those risks are very rare.

He said, quote, I don't want to brush the risk away.

I'm here to make sure we recognize this and we help to minimize this.

I'm reasonably confident nothing will happen.

Yeah, I mean...

These drugs, when taken in excess or in even a small amount, have a lot of different kinds of risks associated with them.

And it depends on the exact substance.

The reason that they're banned in the world of sport, professional sport, is not only because of those risks, but also because they're seen as an unfair advantage that they give athletes rather than athletes winning or achieving success on their own physical merits.

But in terms of the broad strokes, they can cause high blood pressure, elevate your risk of heart attack, stroke.

Liver, kidney problems, cholesterol problems, they can cause permanent heart damage.

In women, they can even have an impact on fertility.

And this is something we've actually heard directly from athletes about.

Sydney Morning Herald have done some great reporting on the Enhanced Games and they spoke to competitors and explained that some female swimmers had their eggs frozen before competing and that that cost was actually covered by the Enhanced Games organisation.

Whoa.

Exactly.