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Enhanced Games
The Enhanced Games (TEG) is a planned multi-sport event. Founded by Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, it plans to allow athletes to use performance-enhancing substances without being subject to drug tests; organizers claim these substances must be FDA-approved and used under medical supervision. According to D'Souza, he created the Games because he believes that athletes are entitled to do what they wish with their own bodies, and that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is corrupt for exploiting them.
The first event is set to take place from May 21–24, 2026 in Las Vegas and include events in swimming, athletics, and weightlifting. Reactions have been generally negative from the sporting world, the scientific community, and media outlets, with commentators highlighting the safety risks of encouraging performance-enhancing drug use.
The Enhanced Games (TEG) is to be the first event of its kind to support performance-enhancing drugs and not follow the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Performance-enhancing drugs will not be mandatory for participants. Such an event has been discussed hypothetically for many years but never been realised. Prosthetic limbs and shoe technology will be allowed. Aron D'Souza, president of the organisation, says that for insurance reasons, only FDA-approved substances will be allowed. Cocaine and heroin will not be allowed. According to D'Souza, athletes should also be categorised based on their chromosomal sex.
When announced in June 2023, the event was intended to be annual and to include five categories: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics, and combat sports. Originally planned for December 2024, D'Souza estimated the number of athletes to be "maybe a couple of thousand". By late 2025, organizers were aiming for 50 participants in the first event, with 38 confirmed as of February 10th, 2026. Brett Fraser, chief athletics officer of the organisation, said that the planned included sports are a "core suite of products", and can be improved upon in the future. The scale will depend on funding, and the location was planned to be a university campus or similar facility in the southern United States. D'Souza said in early 2024 that he now had the equity capital to fund the first event.
By August 2023, representatives were saying that what would take place in 2024 would be a smaller "exhibition", with a "full event" taking place in 2025. In 2023, CNN questioned the viability of the event; however, in May 2025, the organization announced plans to hold the games in May 2026 at Resorts World Las Vegas, and that the sports included are to be swimming, track and field, and weightlifting. The date has been set to May 21–24, 2026.
The Enhanced Games announced a merger agreement in 2026 with a firm named "A Paradise Acquisition" with a projected valuation of $1.2 billion, for the purpose of listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Aron D'Souza, an Australian businessman based in London, founded the privately funded organisation. He says he had the idea for TEG in 2022 when noticing that many people at an American gym were obviously using steroids. He was, together with billionaire Peter Thiel, involved in the 2013 Bollea v. Gawker lawsuit, which led to Gawker filing for bankruptcy. In 2015, he co-founded the company Sargon with Phillip Kingston. D'Souza said,
Athletes are adults ... and they have a right to do with their body what they wish – my body, my choice; your body, your choice, ... And no government, no paternalistic sports federation, should be making those decisions for athletes – particularly around products that are FDA regulated and approved.
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Enhanced Games
The Enhanced Games (TEG) is a planned multi-sport event. Founded by Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, it plans to allow athletes to use performance-enhancing substances without being subject to drug tests; organizers claim these substances must be FDA-approved and used under medical supervision. According to D'Souza, he created the Games because he believes that athletes are entitled to do what they wish with their own bodies, and that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is corrupt for exploiting them.
The first event is set to take place from May 21–24, 2026 in Las Vegas and include events in swimming, athletics, and weightlifting. Reactions have been generally negative from the sporting world, the scientific community, and media outlets, with commentators highlighting the safety risks of encouraging performance-enhancing drug use.
The Enhanced Games (TEG) is to be the first event of its kind to support performance-enhancing drugs and not follow the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Performance-enhancing drugs will not be mandatory for participants. Such an event has been discussed hypothetically for many years but never been realised. Prosthetic limbs and shoe technology will be allowed. Aron D'Souza, president of the organisation, says that for insurance reasons, only FDA-approved substances will be allowed. Cocaine and heroin will not be allowed. According to D'Souza, athletes should also be categorised based on their chromosomal sex.
When announced in June 2023, the event was intended to be annual and to include five categories: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics, and combat sports. Originally planned for December 2024, D'Souza estimated the number of athletes to be "maybe a couple of thousand". By late 2025, organizers were aiming for 50 participants in the first event, with 38 confirmed as of February 10th, 2026. Brett Fraser, chief athletics officer of the organisation, said that the planned included sports are a "core suite of products", and can be improved upon in the future. The scale will depend on funding, and the location was planned to be a university campus or similar facility in the southern United States. D'Souza said in early 2024 that he now had the equity capital to fund the first event.
By August 2023, representatives were saying that what would take place in 2024 would be a smaller "exhibition", with a "full event" taking place in 2025. In 2023, CNN questioned the viability of the event; however, in May 2025, the organization announced plans to hold the games in May 2026 at Resorts World Las Vegas, and that the sports included are to be swimming, track and field, and weightlifting. The date has been set to May 21–24, 2026.
The Enhanced Games announced a merger agreement in 2026 with a firm named "A Paradise Acquisition" with a projected valuation of $1.2 billion, for the purpose of listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
Aron D'Souza, an Australian businessman based in London, founded the privately funded organisation. He says he had the idea for TEG in 2022 when noticing that many people at an American gym were obviously using steroids. He was, together with billionaire Peter Thiel, involved in the 2013 Bollea v. Gawker lawsuit, which led to Gawker filing for bankruptcy. In 2015, he co-founded the company Sargon with Phillip Kingston. D'Souza said,
Athletes are adults ... and they have a right to do with their body what they wish – my body, my choice; your body, your choice, ... And no government, no paternalistic sports federation, should be making those decisions for athletes – particularly around products that are FDA regulated and approved.