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Gatlin, who was once banned for four years for testing positive for Testosterones, is appalled by the decision to have the Enhanced Games proposed for December 2024.
Former Olympic 100m champion Justin Gatlin has slammed the proposal to have the proposed Enhanced Games in December 2024.
The Enhanced Games is a planned international sports event where the athletes will not be subjected to drug testing originally proposed to take place in December 2024.
The event, announced in June 2023, is intended to be annual and to include track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics, and combat sports.
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14:04 - 09.02.2024
ATHLETICS Justin Gatlin gives success tips to Noah Lyles as he seeks Olympic quadruple
Justin Gatlin gives insightful advice to Noah Lyles as the American seeks to win four medals at the Olympic Games and a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships.
Gatlin, who had to serve a reduced eight-year ban from track and field events between 2006 and 2010, described the idea of using enhancements as “a taboo” to the sport, even mentioning about how he was shunned after testing positive for a testosterone substance which had allegedly been rubbed onto his buttocks without his knowledge.
“I think it is so weird because it is like for so long, it has been such a taboo topic and so many people have been shunned, myself included, in this situation,” Gatlin said on the Tidal League YouTube channel.
“It is a glorified event where you are going to take something that we hold precious as a sport and then now is going to be turned into a spectacle, because that is how it is going to be.”
Gatlin has accused those in support of having the games of being ignorant of athletes’ health status, saying they are the same fans who wish to see boxers getting knocked out and motor race drivers crashing.
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15:33 - 09.02.2024
ATHLETICS Noah Lyles announces major change in the content posted on his YouTube Channel
Noah Lyles will be changing the content posted on his YouTube Channel as he seeks to be more creative and share his personal life with his fans.
“It is the same little pocket of people who go to boxing matches just to see people getting knocked out. They ain’t gonna cheer for Floyd (Mayweather), or (Manny) Pacquiao, they wanna see a knockout.
“There is alot of people who go to race car events to see a crash. Not to care who wins or loses, they want to see a crash and I feel this fills in right into that category too.”
The four-time world champion believes those who will take the enhancements will live a very short life given the side effects of using them.
“To each his own. They may be happy with that, They may be cool with sacrificing themselves to say. ‘I ran 8.7 seconds in the 100 meters, I am the fastest person on earth’ and then on their deathbed, they are on the ventilator because they sacrificed their health for it.”
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18:00 - 08.02.2024
ATHLETICS Usain Bolt giving Jamaican influencers a run for their money following latest statistics
The latest survey from Jamaica has shown that Usain Bolt, with his massive social media following, can generate 30 times the amount that Jamaican influencers can generate.
Aron D'Souza, president of the organisation, said recently that he now had the equity capital to fund the first event.
D’Souza says he had the idea for the Enhanced Games in 2022 when noticing that many people at an American gym were obviously using steroids.
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