World Aquatics To Ban Anyone From Enhanced Games

World Aquatics has go nan first world federation to prohibition athletes, coaches and officials from its events if they person taken portion successful nan arguable Enhanced Games.

The caller arena promotes banned performance-enhancing narcotics and nan inaugural Enhanced Games are scheduled to return spot successful Las Vegas from 21-24 May 2026.

There are plans for it to beryllium an yearly competition, initially comprising short-distance swimming, sprinting and weightlifting.

Last month, Enhanced Games organisers said Greece's Kristian Gkolomeev swam 20.89 seconds successful a 50m freestyle clip proceedings successful nan US successful February, 0.02 seconds quicker than nan world grounds group by Brazil's Cesar Cielo successful 2009.

World Aquatics said it has introduced a caller bylaw "that reinforces its patient committedness to cleanable sport".

It added: "Under nan caller bylaw, individuals who support, endorse, aliases participate successful sporting events that clasp nan usage of technological advancements aliases different practices that whitethorn see prohibited substances and/or prohibited methods will not beryllium eligible to clasp positions pinch World Aquatics aliases to participate successful immoderate World Aquatics competitions, events, aliases different activities.

"This ineligibility would use to roles specified arsenic athlete, coach, squad official, administrator, aesculapian support staff, aliases authorities representative."

World Aquatics said it besides encouraged its personnel associations to "adopt akin policies astatine nan nationalist level to uphold accordant standards crossed nan sport".

The Enhanced Games has been criticised for endangering athletes' wellness and undermining adjacent play, pinch nan World Anti-Doping Agency describing it as a "dangerous and irresponsible project"., external

However, it has besides attracted heavyweight backing from a task superior money headed up by Donald Trump Jr, nan US president's son, and billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel.

"Those who alteration doped athletics are not invited astatine World Aquatics aliases our events," said World Aquatics president Husain al Musallam.

"This caller bylaw ensures that we tin proceed to protect nan integrity of our competitions, nan wellness and information of our athletes, and nan credibility of nan world aquatics community."