The Enhanced Games, a controversial sporting event that openly allows doping, is offering a staggering US$10 million prize to any athlete who can break the men's 100 m world record set by legendary sprinter Usain Bolt in 2009.
Usain Bolt set a world record in the 100m sprint at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Reuters
According to a public announcement made by Enhanced Games CEO Maximilian Martin on Wednesday, the prize money is intended to attract elite sprinters, given limitations seen at the sprint events of the inaugural ediction on May 24, Marca reported.German billionaire Christian Angermayer, one of the co-founders of Enhanced Games, claimed that sprinting is one of the "weakest" events at the competition, citing the low quality of the athletes and the lack of top-tier competitors.Bolt set the 100 m world record of 9.58 seconds in Berlin in August 2009, and holds the Olympic record of 9.63 seconds set in London in 2012. Additionally, the Jamaican legend holds the 200 m world record with a time of 19.19 seconds, also set in Berlin in 2009.In May 2024, American sprinter Fred Kerley boldly declared he would break Bolt's historic mark. At the Enhanced Games, the Olympic medalist competed in the 100 m dash and finished first with a time of 9.97 seconds, which fell short of Kerley's personal best of 9.76 seconds set in Eugene in 2022, according to Ground News.
