It is the big talk of the entire sports world.
Now Sebastian Samuelsson is raging.
– It is harmful, he says.
Since Australian businessman Aron D’Souza launched the Enhanced Games proposal, it has been met with enormous criticism. It is a sporting event similar to the Olympics, but with one big, big difference: namely that doping is completely allowed.
The game that took the sports world by storm
When the competitions were launched, the Enhanced Games said, among other things, that there are athletics stars who run faster than Usain Bolt’s world record, but that they are simply stopped because of the strict doping rules that exist. Many active stars have seen the competition where everything is allowed, but this summer the idea is that the games will be held for the first time.
Enhanced Games themselves believe that it will be a fairer competition because no one can cheat, because everyone can do what they want. But Sebastian Samuelsson, who often speaks critically in matters of doping, is now totalizing the competition.
– No one would think it was a good idea. I find that very hard to believe, says Samuelsson to Radiosporten.
Samuelsson’s great criticism
Sebastian Samuelsson also does not buy the argument that it will be fairer, and that there are other problems.
– I think you get this comment quite often, that people say: “It’s better if you just let doping go free. Then it will be fair, then you can’t cheat”. But it is harmful, and we see people who have doped who have major problems, he says.
Sebastian Samuelsson also says that there are other aspects to consider.
– It does not work that way. It’s not just this performance thing that’s the thing, quite simply.
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