Olympic athletes have condemned the Enhanced Games – a controversial new sporting event where competitors are encouraged to use performance-enhancing drugs – warning it could result in long-term health consequences or even deaths.

In a joint statement issued Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) athletes’ commissions called the Enhanced Games “a betrayal of everything that we stand for”.

“Promoting performance-enhancing substances and methods sends a dangerous message – especially to current and future generations of athletes,” the statement read. “Such substances can lead to serious long-term health consequences – even death – and encouraging athletes to use them is utterly irresponsible and immoral. No level of sporting success is worth such a cost.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun/10/enhanced-games-death-ioc-wada-statement-drug-olympics