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Helen Smith

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The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Tom, you're at the Enhanced Games right now.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

There are weightlifting, swimming and running events.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Tell us about the atmosphere on the ground.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Yeah, watching the games, the events are very close to each other as well.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

You have the pool almost right next to the sprinting track.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

How has that changed the atmosphere as well?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

And why do the enhanced games exist at all?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

What do the athletes get out of this?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Yeah, you mentioned there before that the drugs, it's way more controlled, I guess, than people might think.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

But what type of drugs are these athletes taking?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Like, do we know specifics?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Now, Hunter Armstrong, we saw just recently, he won the 50-meter backstroke winner as an unenhanced athlete, so a clean swimmer.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

And then we also had Fred Curley win the 100-meter heat, also unenhanced.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Why are there clean athletes competing at these drug-enhanced games?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

And what does that actually say about these enhanced games if we have clean athletes essentially beating these enhanced or juiced up, drugged up athletes?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Does that kind of throw the games to the side?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

And at the time of recording, we haven't seen any world records broken.

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

What would it actually mean if one of these enhanced athletes breaks a record?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Would it even count on the world stage?

The Briefing
Antisemitism Royal Commission returns + Did the ‘steroid Olympics’ flop?

Or is that just the Olympics kind of committee vibe?