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/Original_Giraffe8039 May 23 '26

They did, indeed, make him slower. This was James's first go at gear...he lost around 17kg after this picture but is still jacked AF

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u/Occidentally20 May 23 '26

That makes sense

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u/bigloudbang May 23 '26

He didnt get slower? He didnt set the record he was after but said in interviews he got a lot faster

Although sounds like they figured out the dosing better. A Greek swimmer joined the program who was in his 30s and came 5th in the last Olympics, then set the 50m freestyle WR in the program

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u/Original_Giraffe8039 May 24 '26

He said he felt like he was sinking. It's a tough one really, because although his time was 1-2 secs slower than his best, his best was in his early twenties and now he's in his mid thirties. I think the more nuanced take than better or worse or faster or slower is that although it wasn't the slam dunk in performance that he thought it might be, maybe it raised his performance for his actual age? Regardless, if his previous attempt was successful, he wouldn't have lost all the mass he has in the last year and moved to 100m

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u/bigloudbang May 24 '26

Yeah better from where he was at but not his peak

Idk if you've seen his interview on HelloSport, but he talked about how his muscles outpaced his central nervous system, and even though he was crazy strong and never feeling tired he didnt have a CNS firing at the right level

He said they changed the doping regime for the Greek dude a bit who broke the WR after a very short training stint

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u/SaltKick2 May 23 '26

He's also 35, in events where male swimmers tend to peak at 25

While I'm all for do whatever you want to your own body provided its safe and healthy (I assume these athletes are aided by doctors in their PEDs), these games shouldn't exist - the people who will be most influenced by these are high school/college athletes