Enhanced Games 在拉斯维加斯亮相，号称「类固醇奥运」，共有 42 名运动员、总奖金 2500 万美元；参赛者可使用 FDA 批准但体育禁用的增强药物，包括合成代谢类固醇。活动由与 Maga 运动有联系的 Enhanced Group 主办，意在结合体育、娱乐与药品销售，但最吸睛的其实是行销，而非破纪录本身。

成绩整体平平：男子 100 公尺决赛由 31 岁的 Fred Kerley 以 9.97 秒夺冠，奖金 25 万美元，仍慢于他 9.76 秒的个人最佳，也慢于 Usain Bolt 的 9.58 秒世界纪录；其成绩若放在 2024 奥运决赛只会垫底。女子 100 公尺由未增强的 Tristan Evelyn 以 11.25 秒获胜；唯一被打破的世界纪录是 50 公尺自由泳，Kristian Gkolomeev 因而拿到 100 万美元，但该纪录不会被正式承认。

文章指出，睪固酮与 EPO 等物质的竞争优势并不明确，却可能带来心血管、荷尔蒙、情绪等风险，因此最顶尖选手多半未参加。赛后发言仍宣称这是「前所未见」的成功，但结论是：仅靠禁药并不能保证胜利；速度、力量与更高表现仍更依赖策略、毅力与心理，而不只是 peptides 或 steroids。

The Enhanced Games debuted in Las Vegas as the “steroid Olympics,” with 42 athletes and a $25mn prize pot; competitors were allowed to use FDA-approved but sport-banned performance enhancers, including anabolic steroids. Run by Enhanced Group, with ties to the Maga movement, the event aimed to merge sport, entertainment and drug sales, yet the main headline was marketing rather than record-breaking.

Results were modest overall: Fred Kerley won the men’s 100m in 9.97 seconds for $250,000, still slower than his 9.76 personal best and far behind Usain Bolt’s 9.58 world record; that time would have finished last in the 2024 Olympic final. In the women’s 100m, non-enhanced Tristan Evelyn won in 11.25 seconds. The only world record broken was the 50m freestyle, earning Kristian Gkolomeev $1mn, but it will not be officially recognised.

The piece argues that substances such as testosterone and EPO offer uncertain performance gains while posing cardiovascular, hormonal and mood-related risks, which may explain why many elite athletes stayed away. Post-event claims of success rang hollow: doping alone, even with medical supervision, does not guarantee victory. Faster, higher, stronger still depends more on strategy, perseverance and psychology than on steroids or peptides.