The Enhanced Games were held on Sunday, May 24, and the controversial event in Las Vegas, Nevada, featured competitors vying for a new world record.
While normal competition in weightlifting, swimming and track have intense anti-doping policies, Enhanced aimed to see what the athletes could do with the use of PEDs if the athletes wanted to partake.
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So, how did it go? In the very last event of the night, the men’s 50m free, Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev broke the non-enhanced world record time of 20.88 (Cameron McEvoy, Australia) with a 20.81-second swim. The swim earned Gkolomeev $250,000 for first place and a $1 million bonus for eclipsing the non-enhanced world record.
Gkolomeev is a three-time former NCAA champion for Alabama, including the 2014 championship in the 50 free. He won silver in the event at the 2019 world championships. He competed for Greece in four Olympic Games from 2012 to 2024, but never medaled.
Outside of Gkolomeev’s swim Sunday night, world records were elusive.
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Of the most notable athletes competing, Fred Kerley, who said he did not compete “enhanced,” fell short of the world record by about four-tenths of a second. British swimmer Ben Proud came close to the world record in the men’s 50m fly, posting a 22.32 (WR is 22.27 seconds).
Thor Björnsson, also known as the “Mountain,” from “Game of Thrones,” deadlifted 475kg (the world record is 510.)
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The event has been colloquially known as “the Olympics with steroids,” but not every athlete chose to use PEDs. Those who did were under strict medical supervision to ensure that they were using the drugs safely.
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With the event aimed at seeing whether science could help athletes reach another level, all eyes were on whether competitors would be able to make history. There was even a hefty payday on the table for them, as Enhanced said that any world records set would award the athlete additional prize money. For the weightlifting events, an athlete could net an extra $250,000; in the 100-meter sprint or the swimming events, a record-breaking athlete could win an additional $1 million.
Below is a look at the full results from the 2026 Enhanced Games.
Swimming
*indicates personal best
(NE) – indicates athlete who is “not enhanced”
|
Event |
World Record |
Enhanced Games winner |
|
Men’s 50m backstroke |
23.55 seconds |
Hunter Armstrong (24.21 seconds) (NE) |
|
Men’s 50m breaststroke |
25.95 seconds |
Cody Miller (26.55 seconds)* |
|
Men’s 100m freestyle |
46.40 seconds |
Kristian Gkolomeev (46.60 seconds)* |
|
Women’s 50m freestyle |
23.61 seconds |
Emily Barclay (24.09 seconds)* |
|
Men’s 50m fly |
22.27 seconds |
Ben Proud (22.32 seconds)* |
|
Men’s 100m breaststroke |
56.88 seconds |
Cody Miller (59.47) |
|
Women’s 100m freestyle |
51.71 seconds |
Megan Romano (54.20) |
|
Men’s 100m fly |
49.45 seconds |
Marius Kusch (51.28) |
|
Men’s 50m freestyle |
20.88 seconds |
Kristian Gkolomeev (20.81) |
Weightlifting
*indicates personal best
(NE) – indicates athlete who is “not enhanced”
|
Event |
World Record |
Enhanced Games results |
|
Women’s Snatch |
Class – Record |
Beatriz Pirón (53kg) – N/A |
|
Men’s Snatch |
Class – Record |
Yoni Andica (79kg) – 135kg |
|
Women’s Clean & Jerk |
Class – Record 53kg – 126kg |
Beatriz Pirón (53kg) – 118 kg* |
|
Men’s Clean & Jerk |
Class – Record |
Yoni Andica (79kg) – 170kg |
|
Men’s Snatch II |
Class – Record |
Arley Méndez (88kg) – 155 kg |
|
Men’s Clean & Jerk II |
Class – Record |
Arley Méndez (88kg) – N/A |
|
Men’s Deadlift |
510 kg |
Thor Björnsson – 475 kg |
Track
*indicates personal best
(NE) – indicates athlete who is “not enhanced”
|
Event |
World Record |
Enhanced Games winner |
|
Women’s 100m sprint |
10.49 seconds |
Tristan Evelyn – 11.25 seconds |
|
Men’s 100m sprint |
9.58 seconds |
Fred Kerley – 9.97 seconds |
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