![](\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/someone-will-die-perkins-warns-of-enhanced-games-safety-concerns.jpg\")
Australian Sports Commission boss Kieren Perkins said on Tuesday that athletes\u2019 lives could be in danger if the Enhanced Games is allowed to go ahead.<\/p>\nAustralian Sports Commission boss Kieren Perkins said on Tuesday that athletes\u2019 lives could be in danger if the Enhanced Games is allowed to go ahead.<\/p>\n
The Enhanced Games will allow athletes to use pharmacological or technological assistance, including substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).<\/strong>Retired world champion swimmer James Magnussen last month\u00a0agreed\u00a0to take performance-enhancing drugs to make an attempt at beating Cesar Cielo\u2019s 15-year-old 50m freestyle world record.The Enhanced Games concept has been met with widespread criticism, with the International\u00a0Olympic\u00a0Committee (IOC), WADA and World Athletics having denounced the proposed competition.\u201cThe idea of an Enhanced Games is laughable,\u201d Perkins said at the SportNXT conference on Tuesday.\u201cSomeone will\u00a0die\u00a0if we allow that sort of environment to continue to prosper and flourish.\u201cWe don\u2019t want people to be taking performance-enhancing drugs because of the significant impact it has on them and their future and their future families.\u201d<\/strong>In a statement last week, Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said the Biden administration had \u201cdeep concerns\u201d about the Enhancement Games.Enhanced Games President Aron D\u2019Souza said the competition would focus on health testing instead of drug testing.\u201cWe\u2019re health testing to make sure our athletes are healthy and safe to compete. I don\u2019t want an athlete to be injured or\u00a0die\u00a0in competition,\u201d<\/strong> D\u2019Souza told reporters on Tuesday.\u201cHow are we going to do this? By doing full system health checkups on all of our athletes. Blood work, echocardiograms, maybe even MRIs. New advances in technology are also very useful and enable continuous real time health screening.\u201dD\u2019Souza added that the existence of the Enhanced Games could make the\u00a0Olympics fairer by giving athletes an avenue to take performance-enhancing drugs in an open environment.Follow the The Enhanced Games will permit athletes to use pharmacological or technological assistance, including substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Australian Sports Commission boss Kieren Perkins expressed concern that athletes’ lives could be at risk if the Enhanced Games proceed. The concept has faced criticism from the International Olympic Committee, WADA, and World Athletics. Enhanced Games President Aron D\u2019Souza stated the competition would prioritize health testing over drug testing to ensure athlete safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2548,2108,990,492,426,2542,3,263,2550,203,250,210,187,423,2549,1222,421,1827,1682,457,165,18],"class_list":["post-4709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-athlete-safety","tag-athletes","tag-athletics","tag-biden","tag-competition","tag-conference","tag-cyprus","tag-drugs","tag-enhanced-games","tag-environment","tag-google","tag-health","tag-international","tag-olympics","tag-performance-enhancing-drugs","tag-safety","tag-sports","tag-statement","tag-technology","tag-white","tag-white-house","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
\nCyprus Mail on Google News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"