Aron D’Souza, the Australian billionaire businessman, once visited an American Gym only to get the hang of the truth that several athletes take steroids. Right then, the realization, ‘they have a right to do with their body what they wish’ clicked. Shortly after, he partnered with fellow billionaire Peter Thiel to engender Enhanced Games, better known as ‘Olympics on steroids’. Controversies started brewing straight away and there’s still no ground that will bring the world under the same roof.

Until a time in 2023, CNN was curious whether the Games would finally happen or not. But affirmations from the Games’ authoritative body have a date fixed in 2025. A part of the world rallied to protest against the legalization of performance-enhancing drugs in athletics. While in circulation, the news reached the White House naturally, but the reply wasn’t favorable to D’Souza. Even POTUS, Joe Biden, showed ‘deep concern’ for the move. However, D’Souza has an explanation for him.

Enhanced Games CEO’s response to Joe Biden

Out of 44% of athletes using drugs in international competitions, only 1% can’t pass the test, according to D’Souza. He has appointed numerous doctors to keep the safety of the athletes in check while also fortifying the use of substances that the Olympic body sees as a strict no-go. For someone who “has always championed science,” having “deep concern” for the Enhanced Games made less sense to the Games CEO. He instead reiterated saying, “We want to create as safe an environment as possible and we want to push the limits of humanity as much as possible”. 

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On a mission to increase the pay of the athletes, the London native also received help from venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan. Besides POTUS, the Australian Olympic Committee called the Enhanced Games “dangerous and irresponsible.” With more comments like “this danger is massive” and “unfair, unsafe,” Olympic athletes united to raise objections. But there’s one prominent personality who didn’t.

A retired Australian swimmer supports big-time, but there’s a catch

A fellow Australian of D’Souza, James Magnussen, has always sided with his homeman when the idea of Enhanced Games surfaced. The 32-year-old retired swimmer drew a line to his illustrative career in 2019 but can make a comeback in such a liberal and free-flowing platform. He said that he would smash the 50m freestyle WR if he’s allowed on performance-enhancing drugs. That would roughly require 6 months for him to achieve.

The Australian Sports Commission CEO Kieren Perkins said in defense, “Someone will die if we allow that sort of environment to continue to prosper and flourish.” Tracing back to where it started, he said that the ban followed the untimely death of Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, who had lost his life to performance-enhancing drugs. Since then, the Olympic committee has been mindful of allowing clean athletes to participate only.

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