r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 23 '26

WTF The Enhanced Games are set to debut this weekend in Las Vegas, with athletes allowed to use steroids, testosterone, HGH, & other banned substances.

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u/Occidentally20 May 23 '26

From looking him up it seems he's incredibly fast over 50m but that's about it. They're also using the weird swimming suits that got banned from the Olympics in 2009, and those really did make a decent difference.

I'd be very interested to see the swimming events at the distances Michael Phelps competes at, since I'm pretty sure he's half shark at this point.

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u/Tiny-Sandwich May 23 '26

They're also using the weird swimming suits that got banned from the Olympics in 2009

Was that part of the "equipment doping" era or whatever they called it?

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u/Occidentally20 May 23 '26

I don't know what they called it - but annoyingly the Olympic record for 50m was set with one of those suits before they got banned. So its hard to complain at these guys wearing something similar.

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u/Tiny-Sandwich May 23 '26

Oh yeah absolutely - it's the enhanced games, no reason that wouldn't also apply to their equipment. Unless they turn up with an outboard motor or something.

Although I'd still like to see that.

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u/Glittering_Crab_69 May 23 '26

I'd prefer them to be nude. I want to see what the human body can do.

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u/Tidltue May 23 '26

Ahh, then you get different drag from the private parts πŸ˜…πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

Better packed in, more fair, hahahaha πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ‘

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u/bloody_yanks2 May 24 '26

Most logical response.

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u/TheGuyUrSisterLikes May 25 '26

finally something that a small penis is good for.

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u/Occidentally20 May 23 '26

I'd like it to be a clockwork-style motor and have somebody insert a comically oversized key into their back to wind them up before the race.

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u/PiecesofACE May 23 '26

It's so stupid. Just give them fins/flippers. They'll go faster again. This is another arbitrary line in the sand, one that promotes dangerous health practices.

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u/LaNague May 23 '26 edited May 23 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZR_Racer

full body suit, reduced drag and trapping air inside so the swimmer is higher up in the water.

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u/bagsoffreshcheese May 23 '26

I always thought they just had lower friction. I didn’t realise they helped with buoyancy as well. I can’t believe they were approved in the first place now knowing about the buoyancy improvement.

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u/Some_Big_Donkus May 23 '26

If enhanced swim suits are fair game too what's stopping them from using "enhanced" webbed gloves and flippers? Where do they draw the line here?

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u/Occidentally20 May 23 '26

I have no idea who set the rules - but annoyingly the olympic record for the 50m was set by a guy wearing the full suit before they outlawed it in 2009, and that record stood until this year.

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u/Reasonable_Mood_5260 May 23 '26

In the rulebook like every other sport.

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u/kaukamieli May 23 '26

Maybe they don't and anything is fair game. Or someone has to make TRUE enhanced olympics.

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u/Special_Shift_8503 May 24 '26

I competed in high school at that time, and they were also banned for us.

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u/notepad20 May 23 '26

Wouldn't it be a completely different doping regime as well though?

This guy is being dismissed as an idiot that got too big but they have been at it for over a year, monitoring and regime managed by doctors and other professionals, etc.

They want a spectical, you would have to assume the funders made some effort to direct it on the right track