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The Enhanced Games came to Vegas and hit the jackpot

Plenty of people have closed their eyes and had one a final throw of the dice in Vegas. Most of them walk away with nothing. Tonight, Kristian Gkolomeev of Greece is going home with $1.25m after breaking the Men’s 50m Freestyle record, clocking 20.81 in the final event of the night at the inaugural Enhanced…

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HEALTH Investigation

What it feels like to be an Enhanced Games athlete

"If I wanted a doctor's opinion on whether or not people's health is at risk, I would go to a doctor. Not Kieren Perkins." It takes a lot to push James Magnussen, the three-time Olympic medallist and two-time world champion in the 100m freestyle, out of his naturally relaxed and jovial demeanour. But that’s what…

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BUSINESS Investigation

Who actually runs longevity in 2026

Longevity has stopped being a Silicon Valley curiosity. Over the past four years, the field has crossed the line from speculative science to institutional industry. Tech billionaires have poured billions into it. Sovereign wealth funds have arrived. The first human trial of partial cellular reprogramming starts this year, with FDA clearance already in hand. A…

ByJon LipseyMay 20, 20260Comments

SPOTLIGHT Investigation

Inside the Enhanced Games: The untold story of the world’s most controversial sporting event

During a Zoom call on the 26th January 2024, Aron D'Souza, founder of the Enhanced Games, revealed something to me that he asked me to keep to myself. The Enhanced Games, which takes place in Las Vegas on Sunday, is the world's first sporting competition in which athletes are permitted to use performance-enhancing substances banned…

ByJon LipseyMay 20, 20260Comments

NUTRITION Great minds

The second act of Patrick Arnold: the chemist who designed The Clear, then invented the ketone supplement industry

In 2011, a University of South Florida researcher called Dominic D'Agostino came to Patrick Arnold with a request. He needed a molecule synthesised. The molecule was a ketone ester, a compound that, taken orally, would metabolise in the body into acetoacetate and beta-hydroxybutyric acid, the two endogenous ketones the body produces when it fully metabolises…

ByJon LipseyMay 13, 20260Comments

TECH Vanguard

Owkin’s Andrea Tassistro on K Pro and the AI drug discovery bottleneck

The AI-drug-discovery sector in 2026 has split into two camps. One camp wants to design new molecules from first principles. The other wants to make existing pharma R&D faster, cheaper and less likely to fail. The first camp gets the magazine covers. The second camp is closer to a working business. Owkin sits firmly in…

ByJon LipseyMay 13, 20260Comments

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TRAINING

Will lifting weights make women bulky? Dr Stacy Sims on why every woman should lift heavy

The fear that lifting weights will make women bulky is the single most damaging idea in women's fitness. Not because it's the most obviously wrong — there are wronger ideas in the field. But because it's the most consequential. The women who avoid the weights room because they're worried about getting bulky lose access to…

ByJoe WarnerMay 12, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Vanguard

Rick Adams: the Olympic insider leading the Enhanced Games

If you had to design the person you'd want on your side if you were an athlete about to walk into the most scrutinised sporting arenas of the modern era, you'd probably end up with someone who looked a lot like Rick Adams. Six Olympic Games. Fourteen years inside the American Olympic machine. Former Chief…

ByJon LipseyApril 21, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

What is epigenetic reprogramming and why does it matter?

Epigenetic reprogramming is a biological process that modifies how genes are expressed without altering the underlying DNA sequence, with the goal of restoring cells to a more youthful functional state. At its core, the concept is simple but far-reaching: ageing is not only driven by genetic mutations, but by accumulated changes in how genes are…

ByJon LipseyApril 15, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Vanguard

The Enhanced Games Are Here. Sport Will Never Be the Same.

Five and a half weeks out from the inaugural Enhanced Games, world records are already being broken. Earlier this month Chilean weightlifter Arley Méndez Pérez snatched 182kg in training at 88kg bodyweight, 5kg heavier than the current official world record. That follows Greek Olympic swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev, who last year eclipsed the standing 50m freestyle…

ByJon LipseyApril 15, 20260Comments

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