After attending the Enhanced Games, I told its founder it will fail by 2031. This is why | Sean Ingle

While the event’s movers and shakers are rich and smart, they don’t come across as caring deeply about sport I woke up in Las Vegas on Monday to an avalanche of messages from people across elite sport asking about the Enhanced Games. Some wanted to know what it was really like. Most, though, wanted to dance on its grave. So much for the organisers’ promises that we would witness multiple world records. So much for their ridiculous claim to be the “Super Bowl of athletics, swimming and weightlifting!” Hubris meet nemesis. Continue reading...

Sean Ingle · Tue, May 26, 2026, 12:00 PM
US news | The Guardian

After attending the Enhanced Games, I told its founder it will fail by 2031. This is why | Sean Ingle

While the event’s movers and shakers are rich and smart, they don’t come across as caring deeply about sport

I woke up in Las Vegas on Monday to an avalanche of messages from people across elite sport asking about the Enhanced Games. Some wanted to know what it was really like. Most, though, wanted to dance on its grave.

So much for the organisers’ promises that we would witness multiple world records. So much for their ridiculous claim to be the “Super Bowl of athletics, swimming and weightlifting!” Hubris meet nemesis.

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