Love them or loathe them, the Enhanced Games have struck a nerve.

Investors like Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr. see the Enhanced Games as proof of how far human limits can stretch. For doping experts, the danger is clear and grave. DW explains…

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The impact of this weekend's event in Las Vegas where athletes are encouraged to take performance-enhancing drugs cannot truly be known for years to come

Why are the Enhanced Games, taking place in Las Vegas this weekend, so contentious, and how have governing bodies have responded to the event?

More than 40 athletes, most using performance-enhancing drugs, will compete in the Enhanced Games in a competition that seeks to upend sporting norms.

Am Sonntag steigen in Las Vegas sportliche Wettkämpfe, an denen Doping explizit erlaubt ist. Dahinter stecken Tech-Milliardäre, die das Leben mit allen möglichen Mitteln…

The Enhanced Games, which first takes place on Sunday in Las Vegas, ‘goes against everything Wada stands for’

Athletes want to break records. The founders hope to take performance-boosting drugs mainstream

Doping in sports is nothing new. Athletes at the Enhanced Games will know the risks — severe injury, even paralysis. But bioethicists are also concerned we're opening the gates to…

Backed by investors including Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr., the “Steroid Olympics” are turning banned substances into the centerpiece of a new spectacle.

The first-ever Enhanced Games -- widely dubbed the "Steroid Olympics" -- take place Sunday in Las Vegas, where elite sprinters, swimmers and weightlifters will vie for world…

The Enhanced Games wants to sell itself as the future: faster and honest about the drugs sport has spent decades pretending do not exist.

Enhanced Games, dubbed “steroid Olympics,” allows doping under supervision, sparking global debate over sport ethics and athlete safety.

We’re evidently in our enhancement era.

The Enhanced Games, taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, support “safe, responsible, and clinically supervised use of performance enhancements.”

Doping erwünscht: Über 40 Athleten nehmen an den Enhanced Games teil, begleitet von Ärzten und Wissenschaftlern. Die Kritik an dem Event reißt nicht ab.

The event allows athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs in an attempt to surpass records set under traditional anti-doping rules.

Weil Doping offiziell erlaubt ist, gibt es harte Kritik. Aber das Sportereignis ist nicht nur eine Dystopie der Tech-Oligarchen.

Record-chasing athletes could be guinea pigs for wider public in quest for eternal life

La première édition des «Enhanced Games», compétition où le dopage est autorisé et encadré, a lieu dimanche à Las Vegas avec des nageurs, des sprinteurs et des haltérophiles ayant…