Drug testing is one of the pillars of modern professional sports, but what if it wasn’t? That’s the question that the 2026 Enhanced Games—an event where athletes are permitted to use performance-enhancing substances under medical supervision—is asking. As it turns out though, most elite athletes are uninterested in the answer; it’s a betrayal of what everything competition stands for. And amongst the loudest dissenters stands the three-time Olympic champion, Sarah Sjöström, who’s been staunchly against any kind of unfair sporting advantage.

In an interview, Sjöström described the Enhanced Games project as “very unfortunate.” She stressed that the idea of investing money into a drug-enhanced competition undermines the essence of fair play, especially as the event will also permit the use

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