Updated June 10, 2026 — 10:25pm, first published 3:30pm
Australian swimming star Cam McEvoy has laughed off the performances at last month’s Enhanced Games but admits he is concerned about an erosion of public confidence in clean sport after athletes using drugs failed to break world records.
Athletes competed for large sums of prizemoney in swimming, athletics and weightlifting at the inaugural Enhanced Games in Las Vegas while openly taking banned substances such as peptides and testosterone.
Enhanced Games organisers claimed Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev “broke” McEvoy’s world record when he clocked 20.81 seconds in the 50m freestyle, earning a $US1 million ($1.4 million) bonus on top of two $US250,000 race victories for a total payday of $US1.5 million for 67 seconds of racing.
McEvoy’s former Australian teammate James Magnussen finished last in the 50m and 100m freestyle races at the Enhanced Games. The 35-year-old’s 50m time of 22.35s in Vegas would have also left him in last place in Wednesday night’s 50m freestyle final at the Australian swimming trials, well behind McEvoy (21.32) in first place.
Jamie Jack, brother of Olympian Shayna Jack, qualified for his first Australian team with a second place finish in 21.52, ahead of Flynn Southam (21.72) in third. It came as 18-year-old Sydneysider Ollie Moclair (21.79), Be
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