ESPN E60 documentary examines the Enhanced Games and the debate over performance-enhancing drugs in sports
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ESPN's E60 documentary "Fear and Doping in Las Vegas" examines the controversial Enhanced Games, a competition where athletes are allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs). The event, dubbed the "Doping Olympics" by critics, took place in Las Vegas in May, backed by billionaire supporters who challenge the conventional wisdom that PEDs are unsafe, unfair, and threaten the spirit of sports. The documentary explores what happens when human performance is pushed beyond its natural limits.
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· 3 pulledFor decades, conventional wisdom has been that performance enhancing drugs are unsafe, unfair, and threaten the spirit of sports.
The Enhanced Games, and its billionaire backers, want to change that.
Dubbed by critics as the Doping Olympics, the first ever Enhanced Games took place this past May in Las Vegas.
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