Rich Roll
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We're going to get into that.
In the pool, we had one world record, Christian Golomiev, who was already the world record holder on the 50 freestyle in an enhanced condition a year prior.
And he won a million dollars for breaking his world record.
And that begs the question of what was at play here?
they were wearing the Faskin suits that were outlawed many years ago.
And my perspective and opinion is that the suit had way more to do with what was happening in the pool than these enhancements.
There's a reason those suits were outlawed when they were, and it took a long time before anybody broke any of the world records that were set in that suit.
In the 50 meter back, Hunter Armstrong won as a clean athlete.
And the big flop was James Magnuson.
I mean, he was sort of the athlete that everyone was looking towards to be this beast that was going to break the world record in the 50 freestyle.
He's the guy who ballooned up gigantic and realized he was too big and then spent time narrowing his body down.
And he was really not even a factor in the pool at all.
In weightlifting, in the deadlift, Thor Bjornsson and Mitchell Hooper both failed at trying to hit 510 kilograms, which I guess would have been a world best.
Cersei's going to be pissed.
There was nothing really outstanding to note, and it seemed like the people that were
most successful with these enhancements were the older athletes who were putting in performances that approximated what they could do when they were younger.
In the pool, there were some personal bests, but again, you have to ask yourself, how much did the suit come into play?
But other than that, you can really make the argument that it was a big, giant nothing burger.