Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead? – podcast

Billed as a rival to the Olympic Games, the Enhanced Games, set to take place in 2025, is a sporting event with a difference; athletes will be allowed to dope. Ian Sample talks to chief sports writer Barney Ronay about where the idea came from and how it ’s being sold as an anti-establishment underdog, and to Dr Peter Angell about what these usually banned substances are, and what they could do to athletes’ bodiesClips: Talk TV, News Nation, Inside with Brett Hawke, ESPNRead Barney Ronay ’s opinion piece on the Enhanced GamesContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Ian Sample with Barney Ronay; produced by Joshan Chana; sound design by Tony Onuchukwu; the executive producer was Ellie Bury Tags: Science Sport Drugs in sport Athletics Sport politics Australia sport World news Source Type: news