Doping in a competition for 1 million dollars: “He will be banned and for a long time”, Sébastian Coe reacts to the “Enhanced Games”

Le président de World Athletics a vivement critiqué les “Enhanced Games” MAXPPP – Martin Rickett

The president of the International Athletics Federation Sebastian Coe sharply criticized Thursday February 29 the "Enhanced Games", a project for a multi-sport competition with authorized doping, believing that ' ;it was "bullshit" and ensuring that athletes "stupid enough" to take part will be "banned".

"It's bullshit", he said at a press conference on Thursday, on the sidelines of the World Indoor Athletics Championships which begin on Friday in Glasgow (Scotland). "It really doesn'keep me up at night."

“The only message is that if anyone is stupid enough to want to take part in it, they will be banned and they will be banned from our sport for a long time,” added the Briton.

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Backed by venture capitalists, the "Enhanced Games" ("Enhanced Games"), the date and location of which have not yet been announced, is expected to include five categories of sports (athletics, swimming, gymnastics, strength and combat).< /p>

"Dangerous and irresponsible concept"

No doping control would take place, effectively authorizing participants to use prohibited substances.

In a recent BBC interview, Aron D'Souza, the Australian businessman behind the project nicknamed by his detractors “Games on Steroids”, claimed that hundreds of athletes had expressed interest.

For its part, the World Anti-Doping Agency considered that it was "a dangerous and irresponsible concept" .