World Anti-Doping Agency

Serena Williams, a paid spokesperson for telehealth company Ro, used GLP-1 weight-loss drugs to lose 34 pounds and claims the medication improved her training and tennis performance. The article explores whether GLP-1s should be classified as performance-enhancing drugs, noting the World Anti-Doping Agency is monitoring their use, though current rules allow athletes to take them.

The Enhanced Games, a controversial Olympic-style competition allowing medically supervised performance-enhancing drugs, kicks off in Las Vegas. Australian swimmer Cameron 'The Missile' Magnussen, a former Olympian, is highlighted as the most transformed athlete, using substances like testosterone and HGH. The event challenges traditional anti-doping norms, with 91% of athletes in a trial using testosterone and 79% using HGH.

The inaugural Enhanced Games, taking place in Las Vegas with 42 athletes, explicitly encourages performance-enhancing drugs approved by the FDA to push human performance limits. The event offers $25 million in prizes and reflects broader 2026 trends toward optimization and enhancement, though it raises significant health and safety concerns.

The Enhanced Games is a new athletic competition that aims to legitimize performance-boosting drugs in professional sports. Athletes would be allowed to use pharmaceutical enhancements to break records, with organizers hoping to mainstream drug-assisted athletic performance.