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The Enhanced Games, an upcoming Olympic-styled sporting event that does not include drug testing, filed an $800 million lawsuit against World Aquatics, USA Swimming and the World Anti-Doping Agency, claiming they are forcing athletes to boycott the event.
The lawsuit cites a by-law made by World Aquatics back in June, when they announced that swimmers and officials who competed in or supported the event would be barred from the sport.
"Those who enable doped sport are not welcome at World Aquatics or our events," its president Husain al-Musallam said in a statement at the time.
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A general view of action during the Men's 50m Freestyle final at the Paris La Defense Arena on the seventh day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. (Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images)
"The purpose of this By-law is to support the values of the Olympic Movement, including the commitment to the World Anti-Doping Code, and to protect the integrity and the image of Aquatic sports, and the health, safety and well-being of Aquatics Athletes," the by-law reads. "It complements the separate and independent obligation that is owed by those who are subject to the Rules and Regulations not to do anything that brings Aquatic sports into disrepute."
"World Aquatics' By-Law 10 is a thinly veiled attempt to strong-arm the swimming community into boycotting the Enhanced Games. They're holding elite swimmers and support staff hostage, threatening lifetime bans from Olympic events – all without a single anti-doping violation," Enhanced Games founder Dr. Aron D'Souza said in a statement.
The lawsuit calls into
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