Are the Enhanced Games bad for sports? The international athletics community is outraged by a new contest that lets competitors use performance-enhancing drugs and super suits.
Athletes compete in ‘Steroid Olympics’
Speedy swimming: As the controversial Enhanced Games kick off, competitors including 50m butterfly world record holder Andriy Govorov, prepare to bypass traditional doping bans using science, technology, and banned super suits to chase huge bonuses. Glossary
Bespoke - Specially made or tailored for a particular person.
Testosterone - The hormone that causes people to develop male sexual characteristics. Women also produce some testosterone.
Steroids - A type of drugs used illegally to build muscle.
Hormones - Chemicals created inside living creatures. They are used to send messages from one part of the body to another.
Metabolic Modulators - Substances or drugs that alter how the body changes food into energy and manages its chemical processes.
Buoyancy - The ability or tendency of an object to float in water or other fluids.
Mired - To be involved in a difficult or challenging situation.
Moronic - Very stupid, foolish, or unintelligent.
Immoral - Outside of what most people in society think is right and fair.
Doping - Drugs, hormones and blood transfusions can all help to give athletes a crucial advantage. Some sports theorists say that doping is no less fair than using sophisticated technology or dietary supplements, but due to health risks and perceived dishonesty, most of these techniques are banned.
Longevity - The fact of lasting a long time. When referring to populations and demography, it means living a long life.