WASHINGTON, May 22. /TASS/. In professional sports, the world’s best athletes compete using their God-given abilities honed through training. Those who break this covenant and take performance-enhancing drugs are branded by the professional community as cheaters and in most cases become pariahs of sport. They can come back after serving their suspensions, but their reputations are stained forever as fans and peers alike never look at them the same again.
Despite this purist attitude from the global sports community, the United States has decided to host a tournament that flies in the face of this sports paradigm. Officially called the Enhanced Games, Russia has dubbed the event the "Steroid Olympics." On May 23-25 of this year, athletes from around the world will compete enhanced with drugs banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
The idea for the event was thought up by Australian businessman Aron D'Souzo. He learned during a visit to an American gym some years ago that many people who worked out there were on steroids, leading him to postulate that international sports authorities should not restrict athletes, because it’s their body - and they can do whatever they want with it. He believes that competitions without doping controls could give a boost to scientific and technological progress. In 2024, D'Souzo criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC), calling it an exploitative organization, and also stated that WADA serves as its anti-scientific branch.
