so the enhanced games weeerre ....... underwhelming
My main reasons why i think this happened:
All PEDS had to be fda approved: This limited the athletes to substances that barely had an impact on their performance, no strong, lifelong ban from sports stuff. Think anabolic steroids(muscle preservation) rather than ergogenic aids(increase in power output) which is what most people picture when they hear āperformance-enhancing drugsā.
A regulated dosage was implemented: Another safety measure that i understand why it had to be there (avoiding overdoses, no one wants anyone to die) but it does mean that you aren't getting the benefits of a heightened dose.
The athletes themselves: Athletics is not a profitable sport. The only money you make is race prizes or from sponsors and unless you win a global medal, you aren't likely to get sponsored (better hope your country funds their athletes). Most athletes that compete internationally have part time jobs, see jacory patterson last year, and these are athletes who represent their countries. Most of the athletes who took part in the enhanced games have never competed internationally, they never made it to that level. This is so say that they have other responsibilities to tend to and don't have the funds needed to dedicate that lives to training, and this was evident in their physique. To put it plainly, they weren't good enough to be attempting world records, sans fred kerley(but fuck him, no one likes him)
In conclusion, the enhanced games overpromised and underdelivered, like many before them (*cough grand slam track cough*). In order to receive revenue, they had comply with regulations set by the USPOC so they had to scale back tremendously from what they set up to accomplish when the idea was presented. The enhanced games could NOT test the limits of the human body as they had to make sure it would not break
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