CEO of Olympic-styled sporting event that allows enhancements ready to put negative connotations to bed
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With the Olympics over, it is not out of the realm of possibility that some dirty work went on behind the scenes — there were rumors about male ski jumpers potentially inflating their private parts for better hang time. In the Enhanced Games, though, as counterintuitive as it may sound, there is no such thing.
The Enhanced Games have long been labeled the "Steroid Olympics" by critics. The event doesn't have its name by accident, as performance-enhancements will be allowed.
However, CEO Max Martin believes that such an event actually champions fairness, honesty and, most importantly, safety.
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Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev will compete in the Enhanced Games after already swimming the fastest 50 meters ever. (Enhanced Games)
"I would say the biggest [misconception] is that athletes are putting their health at risk with what they're doing, and they're just doing it for the money. It's actually quite the opposite," Martin said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital.
"Saying that enhancements are dangerous, in some circumstances, is true, yes. It can be completely abusive — too high of dosing, bad drug-on-drug interaction, because it's unsupervised and unmonitored, that can be very dangerous, yes. But that is exactly what we stand against and exactly what we'll be able to circumvent by being transparent and allowing it in a regulated environment."
So, how do they do that?
Well, Enhanced doctors have gone, and will continue to go, through every athlete's data and let the athlete know what they should and can, and what they should not and cannot, take. That means, yes, it's not as


