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The Enhanced Games: Will the ‘steroid Olympics’ be the evolution of sport or its undoing?

The Enhanced Games: Will the ‘steroid Olympics’ be the evolution of sport or its undoing?

The BelTel · Belfast Telegraph Podcasts

October 19, 202525m 1s

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Show Notes

Imagine a sporting arena in which the taboo becomes the rule; where athletes aren’t tested, but encouraged to push the “chemical boundaries” of sport. Welcome to the Enhanced Games. It’s being sold as the future of sport, but not everyone’s buying it. Critics say it’s reckless and unethical. Dangerous, even. But who is footing the bill for the games, and what do they stand to benefit?


Kevin Doyle is joined by Ciarán Lennon and the Athletic reporter Jacob Whitehead.


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