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Las Vegas Enhanced Games Debut: 91% Athletes Use PEDs

5/24/2026

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Enhanced Games Open

The inaugural Enhanced Games opened in Las Vegas on May 24, 2026.
Forty of 42 athletes, including James Magnussen and Fred Kerley, used PEDs, with 91% using testosterone, 79% HGH, 62% Adderall, 41% EPO and 29% anabolic steroids.
Organisers offered a $25 million prize pool, with $250,000 for first place and $1 million for world record.
WADA condemned the event as dangerous, with a commission chaired by Dr. Guido Pieles set to monitor participants for five years.

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Enhanced Games Plunge

Enhanced Group debuted on the NYSE on May 8, 2026 with shares priced around $10.
Within weeks the stock fell roughly 50 % to $5.24 per share, reflecting investor skepticism.
Peter Thiel, Donald Trump Jr. and Christian Angermayer back the venture, which links a one-day show to sales of personalized testosterone, peptides and GLP-1 drugs.
Fred Kerley’s $12 million deal underscores the league’s reliance on high-pay, private-funding revenue.

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Enhanced Games Open

The inaugural Enhanced Games opened in Las Vegas on May 24, 2026.
Forty of 42 athletes, including James Magnussen and Fred Kerley, used PEDs, with 91% using testosterone, 79% HGH, 62% Adderall, 41% EPO and 29% anabolic steroids.
Organisers offered a $25 million prize pool, with $250,000 for first place and $1 million for world record.
WADA condemned the event as dangerous, with a commission chaired by Dr. Guido Pieles set to monitor participants for five years.

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