The Enhanced Games miss the point: science can clean up sport

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Chilean weightlifter Arley Méndez Pérez is set to compete at the Enhanced Games.Credit: Tom Weller/DeFodi Images via Getty

Can the boundaries of human performance be pushed through science and technology? That’s what tech entrepreneur Aron D’Souza set out to test by founding the Enhanced Games — a sporting event that will permit, even encourage, athletes to use drugs to enhance their prowess. On 24 May in Las Vegas, Nevada, around 50 athletes are set to compete in swimming, athletics and weightlifting, unbound by normal anti-doping rules.

Can the ‘steroid Olympics’ show the sporting community how to support athletes better?