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Gull

Will swimmers who are participating in the Enhanced Games on May 24 be eligible to compete, win awards and set records in USMS sanctioned events, including national championships?

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  • From the October 27 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 

    valenzuela-baggish-2026-the-enhanced-games.pdf

  • in reply to Gull
    “The vast majority of AAS and PED users are not competitive elites, but rather comprise millions of amateur individuals driven by body image or recreational goals. Shockingly, the corporate business model of the “Enhanced Games” explicitly intends to use the data derived from these elite athletes to market and sell personalized protocols to the general public through consumer platforms. Indeed, through their newly launched commercial platform, “Live Enhanced,” the organization operates a direct-to-consumer infrastructure that provides the general public with access to optimization protocols and performance medications under the guise of clinical oversight. Promoting and enabling PED use on a global stage erodes decades of antidoping education and threatens to trigger an unmanageable public health epidemic of illicit substance abuse.8 Condoning PED use and celebrating those who accomplish otherwise unattainable athletic performance may lead to an underappreciation of attendant health risks and thereby set the stage for public health crisis of illicit PED use outside of professional sports. As a medical community, we must clarify that there is no “safe” protocol for the pharmacological transcendence of human biological limits. The pursuit of record-breaking performance through systemic doping poses a significant challenge to established standards of medical ethics, clinical practice, and public health. Cardiovascular professionals have a responsibility to look past the rhetoric of innovation and speak clearly to patients and the public about the risks of pharmacologic enhancement.“
  • in reply to Gull

    Which begs the question, will USMS finally and unequivocally take a position on the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and PEDs? Or is Masters swimming really, as the Night Swim Podcast suggests, “the OG EG”?

  • in reply to Gull

    I’d like them to at least test USMS record setters but it is pathetic they don’t even say we condemn the use of PEDs

  • in reply to Allen Stark

    Selective testing (as in USATF and USA Triathlon) is feasible and would not be cost prohibitive. 

  • in reply to Gull

    Swimswam says the are trying to keep Brent Hawke from a meet due to his involvement with Enhanced Games 

  • in reply to Allen Stark

    From the Board of Directors Sept. 14, 2026 meeting minutes:

    Performance-Enhancing Drug Position Statement

    The Board reviewed an informational position statement intended to help USMS staff and directors respond consistently to questions about performance-enhancing drugs and the relationship between USMS and World Aquatics rules. The statement is guidance and is not Board policy or an enforcement document.

    The Board discussed whether the statement should be published for members. Some members noted the value of public guidance, while others expressed concern that publication could be mistaken for an enforcement policy or generate grievances based on suspicion. No action was taken. USMS will retain the statement as a response resource and may publish it or related educational material if future need warrants.

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  • in reply to Allen Stark

    From the Board of Directors Sept. 14, 2026 meeting minutes:

    Performance-Enhancing Drug Position Statement

    The Board reviewed an informational position statement intended to help USMS staff and directors respond consistently to questions about performance-enhancing drugs and the relationship between USMS and World Aquatics rules. The statement is guidance and is not Board policy or an enforcement document.

    The Board discussed whether the statement should be published for members. Some members noted the value of public guidance, while others expressed concern that publication could be mistaken for an enforcement policy or generate grievances based on suspicion. No action was taken. USMS will retain the statement as a response resource and may publish it or related educational material if future need warrants.

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