‘Steroid Olympics,’ The Most Entertaining Sports Experiment That People Deserve
‘Steroid Olympics,’ The Most Entertaining Sports Experiment That People Deserve
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How would the world’s best athletes perform if you let them take as many drugs as they pleased?
The Enhanced Games — dubbed the “Steroid Olympics” by some onlookers — sort of answers my question. At the Enhanced Games, athletes are permitted to use all the performance-enhancing substances they please, so long as the athletes are under medical supervision and those substances are approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Accordingly, cocaine and heroin are disallowed. Athletes had the choice to compete “enhanced” or “non-enhanced.” (RELATED: Tech Bro-Funded ‘Enhanced Games’ In Las Vegas Were Total Flop)
“Enhanced” Australian swimmer James Magnussen debuted a........
