Olympic Medallist Ben Proud Becomes First British Athlete To Join Enhanced Games

The Olympic swimming medallist Ben Proud has go nan first British jock to join nan Enhanced Games, an arena that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs.

The 30-year-old, who won metallic successful nan 50m freestyle successful Paris past summer, does not judge nan arena undermines cleanable sport. “I deliberation [the Enhanced Games] opens up nan imaginable avenue to excel successful a very different way,” he told BBC Sport.

“Realistically I’ve achieved everything I can, and now nan Enhanced is giving maine a caller opportunity. I decidedly don’t deliberation that’s undermining a cleanable sport. I really respect nan athletics I’ve been portion of, and I would ne'er measurement backmost successful knowing I’ve done thing which isn’t successful nan rules.”

Proud said he had recovered athletes committing doping violations successful nan accepted type of his athletics “incredibly frustrating”. The Enhanced Games permits athletes to return substances approved by nan United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), nether strict supervision.

“I will ne'er return thing that I americium unsure of,” Proud added. “They are not allowing anyone to participate if they are nether immoderate accent aliases wellness risks.”

The inaugural Enhanced Games are scheduled for May adjacent twelvemonth successful Las Vegas.