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2026 Enhanced Games
Logo of the Enhanced Games
Host cityLas Vegas, Nevada, US
Athletes42 from 24 countries
Events23 in 3 sports
Dates24 May 2026
Main venueResorts World Las Vegas

The 2026 Enhanced Games were the inaugural edition Enhanced Games which took place on 24 May 2026 at Resorts World Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. The event served as the debut for the organization's model and featured competitions across three core disciplines: athletics, swimming, and weightlifting.

Media outlets such as the Financial Times and the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported critics dubbed the event the "steroid Olympics".[1][2] According to the MIT Technology Review in June 2026, the event served as a publicity stunt for their own range of performance enhancing products.[3]

Venue

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The 2026 Enhanced Games were held in temporary,[2] purpose-built $50 million open-air arena in the parking lot of Resorts World Las Vegas, Winchester, Nevada.[3][4] The arena was constructed in 35 days and contained a six-lane 100m sprint track, a four-lane 50m pool, a weightlifting stage and a platform that could seat thousands of spectators.[5] The arena was 26 meters tall and 76.5 meters wide.[2] LED screens relayed the events to spectators in the arena,[3] and they were also livestreamed to others watching via social media.[5] Between events, advertisements were shown for performance products sold by Enhanced.[3]

Sports

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Twenty-three events[6][independent source needed] were held in three sports:[4]

2026 Enhanced Games

Participating countries

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Athletes from 24 countries competed at the 2026 Enhanced Games:[7][independent source needed]

Participating countries

Athletes

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Forty two athletes competed at the 2026 Enhanced Games:[8]

Country Athlete Age Sport Competed using performance-enhancing drugs Olympics
Australia James Magnussen[9] 35 Swimming Yes 2012 (2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)), 2016 (3rd place, bronze medalist(s))
 Greece Kristian Gkolomeev[9] 32 Swimming Yes 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
 United States Megan Romano[9] 35 Swimming Yes –
 Ukraine Andriy Govorov[9] 34 Swimming Yes 2012, 2016
 Bulgaria Josif Miladinov[10] 22 Swimming Yes 2020, 2024
 Ireland Shane Ryan[11] 32 Swimming Yes 2016, 2020, 2024
 Ireland Max McCusker[12] 27 Swimming Yes 2024
 United Kingdom Ben Proud[9] 31 Swimming Yes 2016, 2020, 2024 (2nd place, silver medalist(s))
 United States Fred Kerley[9] 31 Athletics No 2020 (2nd place, silver medalist(s)), 2024 (3rd place, bronze medalist(s))
 Germany Marius Kusch[13]  33 Swimming Yes 2020
 Canada Boady Santavy[9] 29 Weightlifting Yes 2020, 2024
 United States Wesley Kitts[14]  36 Weightlifting Yes 2020, 2024
 France Mouhamadou Fall[15]  34 Athletics Yes 2020
 Colombia Isabella Arcila[16] 32 Swimming Yes 2016, 2020
 Brazil Felipe Lima[16] 41 Swimming Yes 2012, 2020
 Poland Natalia Fryckowska[16] 36 Swimming Yes –
 Russia Evgenii Somov[16] 27 Swimming Yes 2024
 Liberia Emmanuel Matadi[16] 35 Athletics Yes 2016, 2020, 2024
 Dominican Republic Beatriz Pirón[16] 31 Weightlifting Yes 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
 United States Cody Miller[17]  34 Swimming Yes 2016 (1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s))
 United States Shania Collins[18]  29 Athletics Yes –
 United Kingdom Reece Prescod[19] 30 Athletics Yes 2020
 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson[20] 37 Strongman Yes –
 United States Marvin Bracy[21] 32 Athletics Yes 2016
 United States Taylor Anderson[21] 32 Athletics Yes –
 Germany Mike Bryan[21] 34 Athletics Yes –
 South Africa Clarence Munyai[21] 28 Athletics Yes 2016, 2020
 Jamaica Shockoria Wallace[21] 33 Athletics Yes –
 Colombia Yoni Andica[9] 39 Weightlifting Yes –
 Chile Arley Méndez[9] 32 Weightlifting Yes 2020
 Colombia Leydi Solís[9] 36 Weightlifting Yes 2008 (2nd place, silver medalist(s)), 2016
 Colombia Juan Solís[22] 27 Weightlifting Yes –
 Nigeria Mariam Usman[9] 35 Weightlifting Yes 2008 (3rd place, bronze medalist(s)), 2012, 2016
 Guyana Jasmine Abrams[9] 32 Athletics Yes 2020
 United Kingdom Emily Barclay[9] 30 Swimming Yes –
 Mexico Miguel de Lara[9] 31 Swimming Yes 2024
 Bulgaria Antani Ivanov[9] 26 Swimming Yes 2020
 Jamaica Denae McFarlane[23] 26 Athletics Yes –
 Canada Mitchell Hooper[9] 30 Strongman Yes –
 United States Hunter Armstrong[24] 25 Swimming No 2020 (1st place, gold medalist(s)), 2024 (1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s))
 Barbados Tristan Evelyn[9] 28 Athletics No 2020, 2024
 United States Dylan Cooper[8] 29 Weightlifting Yes –

Performance-enhancing substances used

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The drugs used in the 2026 Enhanced Games had to be on the US Food and Drug Administration list of legally approved substances,[25] which includes muscle building substances like testosterone and anabolic steroids; substances that boost endurance, like human growth hormone and Erythropoietin (EPO); stimulants, like Adderall, that improve focus; and metabolic drugs, like meldonium, which alter how the body burns fat.[26][3]

Enhanced made drug recommendations, but each athlete was free to choose what they took.[3]

According to the Enhanced Games, 91% of the athletes who took performance-enhancing substances used testosterone or testosterone esters; 79% used human growth hormone; 62% used stimulants such as Adderall; 50% used metabolic modulators; 41% used Erythropoietin; and 29% used anabolic steroids.[27][28][29]

According to strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, he took testosterone, nandrolone decanoate, oxymetholone and fluoxymesterone. To compete, he said he had to stop taking methandrostenolone, trenbolone and boldenone undecylenate.[30]

Cody Miller said he took, in the eight-week period leading up to the competition, testosterone, human growth hormone and oxandrolone.[2]

Results

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The inaugural 2026 Games featured 42 athletes competing across athletics, swimming, weightlifting, and strongman events. Because the Enhanced Games operate outside the jurisdiction of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and traditional sporting federations, records broken at the event were not officially recognized by governing bodies such as World Athletics or World Aquatics.[31]

The event offered substantial financial incentives, including a $250,000 base prize for event winners and a $1 million bonus for breaking officially recognized world records. Athletes were permitted to compete as "enhanced" or "non-enhanced" competitors. Both 100-meter sprint winners, Fred Kerley and Tristan Evelyn, claimed to have competed without the use of performance-enhancing drugs, even submitting to testing by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) ahead of the event to prove their natural status.[32]

In analysis for CBC News, Morgan Campbell said many of the performances at the 2026 Enhanced Games would not have caused a "ripple in international competition".[33]

Athletics

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Despite high expectations for record-breaking times, the track events were marred by multiple false starts and weaker-than-anticipated fields. Kerley won the men's 100-meter dash in 9.97 seconds, significantly slower than his personal best and the world record he had teased breaking.[31] According to Morgan Campbell, most of the men competing "would have struggled against elite high schoolers".[33] Mike Bryan's last-place time of 10.87 in the 100m "would have placed him fourth at the Toronto Catholic school board senior boys final" that year.[33]

Athletics Results (Selected)
Event World Record First Place Second Place Third Place
Men's 100 m 9.58  Fred Kerley (USA)
9.97
(non-enhanced)		  Emmanuel Matadi (LBR)
10.05		  Marvin Bracy (USA)
10.39
Women's 100 m 10.49  Tristan Evelyn (BAR)
11.25
(non-enhanced)		  Shania Collins (USA)
11.43		  Taylor Anderson (USA)
11.48

Swimming

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The swimming events produced the Games' only world-record-beating performance. Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev finished the 50-meter freestyle in 20.81 seconds, undercutting the official world record of 20.88 set by Cameron McEvoy and earning the $1 million bonus.[31] Megan Romano, aged 35, came second in the 50m freestyle using performance-enhancing substances, swimming faster than she had when competing at 22.[3] Little-known swimmer Emily Barclay, who used performance-enhancing drugs, knocked 2 seconds off her personal best in the 100m freestyle, coming second.[3] Conversely, former world champion James Magnussen, who was the first high-profile athlete to publicly sign onto the Games and pledge to use performance enhancers, flopped and finished last in the 100-meter freestyle final.[34] In addition to the use of performance-enhancing drugs, swimmers were allowed to wear high-technology swimsuit designs, which were banned at World Aquatics events.[34]

Swimming Results (Selected)[22][35]
Event World Record First Place Second Place Third Place
Men's 50 m freestyle 20.88  Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE)
20.81 UW[a]		  Ben Proud (GBR)
20.98		  Andriy Govorov (UKR)
21.79
Men's 100 m freestyle 46.40  Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE)
46.60		  Hunter Armstrong (USA)
48.09
(non-enhanced)		  Shane Ryan (IRL)
48.92
Men's 50 m backstroke 23.55  Hunter Armstrong (USA)
24.21
(non-enhanced)		  Shane Ryan (IRL)
25.23		  Sohib Khaled (EGY)
25.68
Men's 50 m breaststroke 25.95  Cody Miller (USA)
26.55 (PB)		  Felipe Lima (BRA)
26.98		  Evgenii Somov (RUS)
27.21
Men's 100 m breaststroke 56.88  Cody Miller (USA)
59.47		  Evgenii Somov (RUS)
59.61		  Felipe Lima (BRA)
1:01.94
Men's 50 m butterfly 22.27  Ben Proud (GBR)
22.32 (PB)		  Andriy Govorov (UKR)
22.66		  Marius Kusch (GER)
22.92
Men's 100 m butterfly 49.45  Marius Kusch (GER)
51.28		  Antani Ivanov (BUL)
51.61		  Max McCusker (IRL)
51.78
Women's 50 m freestyle 23.61  Emily Barclay (GBR)
24.09 (PB)		  Megan Romano (USA)
24.55		  Isabella Arcila (COL)
25.12
Women's 100 m freestyle 51.71  Megan Romano (USA)
54.20		  Emily Barclay (GBR)
54.67		  Isabella Arcila (COL)
55.70

Weightlifting and Strongman

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Weightlifting

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Weightlifting Results (Selected)[22][35]
Event Class World Record Athlete Best result
Women's Snatch 53 kg 99 kg  Beatriz Pirón (DOM) N/A
86 kg 129 kg  Leydi Solís (COL) 100 kg
86+ kg 144 kg  Mariam Usman (NGA) 115 kg
Men's Snatch 79 kg 166 kg  Yoni Andica (COL) 135 kg
88 kg 181 kg  Arley Méndez (CHL) 155 kg
94 kg 182 kg  Boady Santavy (CAN) 177 kg
110 kg 196 kg  Wesley Kitts (USA) 185 kg (PB)
Women's Clean and Jerk 53 kg 126 kg  Beatriz Pirón (DOM) 118 kg (PB)
86 kg 162 kg  Leydi Solís (COL) 140 kg
86+ kg 181 kg  Mariam Usman (NGA) N/A
Men's Clean and Jerk 79 kg 205 kg  Yoni Andica (COL) 170 kg
88 kg 220 kg  Arley Méndez (CHL) N/A
94 kg 222 kg  Juan Solis (COL) 188 kg
110 kg 237 kg  Wesley Kitts (USA) 220 kg

Deadlift

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Strongman competitors Hafthor Bjornsson and Mitchell Hooper competed in a deadlift showdown. Both men attempted to break the all-time world record of 510 kg (1,124 lbs) by calling for 515 kg (1,135 lbs) on their final lifts. Bjornsson secured the victory based on his successful second attempt of 475 kg, though both men ultimately failed their world record attempts in the final round.[36]

Deadlift Showdown Results
Athlete Attempt 1 Attempt 2 Attempt 3 Final Placement
 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL) 425 kg (Success) 475 kg (Success) 515 kg (Fail) 1st
 Mitchell Hooper (CAN) 400 kg (Success) 440 kg (Success) 515 kg (Fail) 2nd

Personal bests

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According to the Enhanced Games, 13 competitors achieved 21 personal bests during the 2026 Enhanced Games.[37] Personal bests were achieved by both athletes on performance-enhancing drugs and those competing drug-free.[4] Personal bests included:[22]

Personal bests (Selected)
Athlete Event Personal best
 Cody Miller (USA) Men's 50m breaststroke 26.55
 Kristian Gkolomeev (GRE) Men's 100m freestyle 46.60
Men's 50m freestyle 20.81 (UW)[a]
 Emily Barclay (GB) Women's 50m freestyle 24.09
 Ben Proud (GB) Men's 50m fly 22.32
 Beatriz Pirón (DOM) Women's Clean and Jerk (53 kg) 118 kg
 Dylan Cooper (USA) Men's Clean and Jerk (110 kg) 205 kg
 Wesley Kitts (USA) Men's Snatch (110 kg) 185 kg

Reactions

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After winning the men's 100m, Fred Kerley, who competed without taking performance-enhancing drugs, said of the other competitors, "Man, they need to do better than that. They need to work a little bit harder, get on that shit a little bit more".[38] Tristan Evelyn, who won the women's 100m and was also drug free, said, "This proves that winning takes more than chemistry".[38] In response to Kristian Gkolomeev beating the men's 50m freestyle swimming world record by 0.07 seconds while on performance-enhancing drugs and wearing a race suit banned by swimming authorities, Cameron McEvoy, the holder of the official world record, posted on social media, "Seriously?! That’s all you got!"[39]

Mainstream media generally described the inaugural Enhanced Games as a flop.[40] For The Guardian's Sean Ingle, the "performances were mostly mediocre"[41] and the results were "underwhelming".[38] Morgan Campbell, in analysis for CBC News, said many of the performances at the 2026 Enhanced Games would not have caused a "ripple in international competition".[33] Campbell added that most of the men competing "would have struggled against elite high schoolers", commenting that Mike Bryan's last-place time of 10.87 in the 100m "would have placed him fourth at the Toronto Catholic school board senior boys final" that year.[33] As events were won by athletes who hadn't taken performance-enhancing drugs, Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing said it raised the question of "what the entire point of this thing actually is".[42] Results like these, said the Associated Press, "force questions about both the effectiveness of performance enhancers and the level of the athletes who signed onto the league".[43]

Sean Ingle predicted the Enhanced Games would likely fail over the following five years because, "while its movers and shakers are rich and smart, they don't come across as caring deeply about sport".[41] He said the intention of the Enhanced Games is to "persuade potential customers their products are safe and will change your life".[41] Carlos Arribas, for El País, described the event as a "glittering commercial enterprise and a mediocre sporting contest" and wrote of the "sales platform that underpins the Enhanced Games. A trivialization of doping and its health risks".[5] Vic Tafur, writing in the The New York Times, said the main focus of the event was business and the sale of supplements to viewers.[44] "The Enhanced Games now seemed less like a sporting event and more like a loss leader for selling" supplements, wrote Amit Katwala for MIT Technology Review.[3] Quoted in the MIT Technology Review, Astrid Kristine Bjørnebekk, a steroids expert from Oslo University Hospital, said, "The games themselves now seem almost secondary to what appears to be an online marketplace for hormones, peptides, and other performance-enhancing compounds".[3] Simon Smale of ABC News said, "As a no-expense-spared advertising festival to promote a brand whose goal is to sell performance-enhancing drugs to wannabe biohackers, it worked".[4]

Following the event, the Enhanced Group Inc. share price dropped by 70%.[40]

For some athletes, Simon Smale said, the event was about the prize money they could earn by competing.[4] Smale said some athletes didn't make money for their success at the highest level, like Ben Proud, who had no financial reward for his silver at the 2024 Summer Olympics. At the 2026 Enhanced Games, Proud won $522,000, far more than the two grants combined he received in the run up to the two world championship gold medals he won.[4] Morgan Campbell praised the "entrepreneurial spirit" of Tristan Evelyn, who competed drug-free, won the 100m with a mediocre time and took home $250,000.[33] Commenting that many elite athletes are paid little for their successes and can struggle to pay for essentials like rent, Dr April Henning of Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Business School said that in the run up to the Enhanced Games the debate had focused on the use of drugs but had missed discussing the "financial reality that drove athletes" to participate. Henning advocated for greater involvement from athletes in deciding the rules of their sports. She also implied the Enhanced Games were exploiting these issues for its own gain, calling the company that organised the competition a "would-be pharmaceutical company with sharp marketing instincts and willingness to incentivise athletes".[45]

In The BMJ, Ian Boardley, Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Birmingham, condemned the Enhanced Games for risking the health of the competing athletes and encouraging use in the public of dangerous substances, adding that the "limited performance gains make it even harder to justify the risk". Boardley said the organisers had used "jurisdictional and regulatory workarounds", such as enrolling athletes in a scientific study, to enable the use of risky substances. He said the methodology of the scientific study was weak and limited what could be learned and said "claims of advancing scientific knowledge were overstated" and misleading. In conclusion, he said:[29]

The scientific, clinical, and ethical shortcomings of the Enhanced Games expose a fundamental contradiction. Although presented as a platform for innovation and discovery, their model is not grounded in an evidence base sufficient to ensure safety, predictability, or meaningful scientific insight. Rather than advancing knowledge, the Enhanced Games risk legitimising potentially harmful practices under the guise of regulation and progress.

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Unofficial World Record. Not recognized by World Aquatics due to non-compliance with WADA regulations.

References

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  11. ↑ Ryan, Larry (13 October 2025). "Retired Olympic swimmer Shane Ryan set for Enhanced Games where performance-enhancing drugs allowed". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
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