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Magnussen defends Enhanced Games flop
Australian Olympic swimmer James Magnussen defends the Enhanced Games despite finishing last at the event which is being labelled a flop.
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James Magnussen finished last at the Enhanced Games, the performance-enhancement sports event now widely labeled a flop. Weak results and poor reception signal limited market validation for biotech-augmented competition formats, raising questions about investor appetite for unregulated human enhancement ventures.
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