‘It won’t count’: Cam McEvoy’s defiance ahead of Enhanced Games

In just over a week, Cam McEvoy may no longer be the fastest human in history to get from one end of a 50-metre pool to the other. The Australian’s 50m freestyle world record, set in China in March, marked the culmination of a lifetime of dedication and hard work. But it may soon be eclipsed by a swimmer taking performance-enhancing drugs and wearing a banned swimsuit in a makeshift sporting arena at Resorts World Las Vegas in front of a global audience at sport’s most controversial new event – the Enhanced Games.

‘It won’t count’: Cam McEvoy’s defiance ahead of Enhanced Games. In just over a week, Cam McEvoy may no longer be the fastest human in history to get from one end of a 50-metre pool to the other. The Australian’s 50m freestyle world record, set in China in March, marked the culmination of a lifetime of dedication and hard work. But it may soon be eclipsed by a swimmer taking performance-enhancing drugs and wearing a banned swimsuit in a makeshift sporting arena at Resorts World Las Vegas in front of a global audience at sport’s most controversial new event – the Enhanced Games. Not that it will count as an official world record, or even that the reigning Olympic champion cares that much. “Within the Enhanced Games camp, I’m sure they will think of it as a world record,” McEvoy said. “Outside of that camp, no one is going to see it in that...