Emma Gillespie

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.

A Colombian swimmer who participated in the games, her name is Isabella Arcila, and she told the SMH, fertility was a big issue for me.

I want to be a mum.

I expressed this to the company.

They said my doses are very small.

I feel comfortable now.

So she felt she'd been reassured, but there is still that huge concern for athletes.

Yeah.

And the fertility concern stretches to male competitors as well.

You know, men on performance enhancing drugs,

can have a lower sperm count.

There are all kinds of issues that can crop up for them that also impact their fertility later on in life.

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So they were held in Las Vegas.