Tech Bro-Funded ‘Enhanced Games’ In Las Vegas Were Total Flop
Tech Bro-Funded ‘Enhanced Games’ In Las Vegas Were Total Flop
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The so-called “Steroid Olympics” — known officially as the Enhanced Games — in Las Vegas promised endless drama, broken world records and a shock to the world of sports as we know it. Instead, the tech bro-backed competition featuring athletes on performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) ended with a dull thud.
Just one “enhanced” athlete technically broke a world record during Sunday’s events, while “non-enhanced ” — or clean — athletes took home first place in a number of the marquee events.
Investors in the steroid-laced sporting event included Palantir’s Peter Thiel, 1789 Capital’s Donald Trump Jr., biotech entrepreneur Christian Angermayer and the founder of the games, Australian businessman Aron D’Souza.
“The Enhanced Games........
