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Donald Trump Jr.-backed 'Steroid Olympics' are happening on Sunday. Here's what to expect

Cnbc · · 483 words · By Kai Nicol-Schwarz
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18 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A new sports competition featuring Olympic medalists will take place in Las Vegas on Sunday.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the Enhanced Games are scheduled for Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Las Vegas, and feature Olympic medalists like Fred Kerley.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and distributor Insomniac. The annual flagship event, EDC Las Vegas, is held in May at the L…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football team based in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The Raiders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Las Vegas is an American television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 2003 to February 15, 2008. It focuses on a team of people working in the fictional Montecito Resort and Casino in Las Ve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Las_Vegas_episodes
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“The Enhanced Games, dubbed the "Steroid Olympics," will see 42 athletes compete across swimming, track and weightlifting.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the event involves 42 athletes competing in swimming, track, and weightlifting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Forza Horizon 4 is a 2018 racing game developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released on 2 October 2018 for Windows and Xbox One after being announced at Xbox's E3 20…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the best-selling video games worldwide, ranked up to 50th place by reported software unit sales. Reliable sources are split as to whether the title of best-selling video game should …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mario Teaches Typing is an educational video game developed and published by Interplay Productions for MS-DOS compatible operating systems, Windows, and Macintosh. It uses the Mario character, license…
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“The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee have been highly critical of the games, which were announced in 2023.”
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Both Wikipedia and news sources confirm that WADA and the IOC have condemned/criticized the Enhanced Games, and the event was announced/conceptualized around 2023/2024 (scheduled for 2025/2026).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Enhanced Games (TEG) is a planned multi-sport event. Founded by Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, it plans to allow athletes to use performance-enhancing substances without being subject to dr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Performance-enhancing substances (PESs), also known as performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs), are substances that are used to improve any form of activity performance in humans. Many substances, such as …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Persona 4 Revival is an upcoming role-playing video game developed by P-Studio and published by Atlus. It is a remake of Persona 4 (2008), the fifth main installment of the Persona series, itself a pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_4_Revival
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“Donald Trump Jr.'s investment firm, 1789 Capital, is joining Peter Thiel on the cap table of the company behind the games and leading its Series B in 2025.”
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While Wikipedia confirms 1789 Capital and Peter Thiel exist as entities/individuals, none of the provided evidence links them to the cap table of the Enhanced Games or a Series B round in 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 1789 Capital Management, LLC is an American venture capital firm based in Palm Beach, Florida. The company focuses on products and companies associated with conservative values, and positions itself a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789_Capital
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Peter Andreas Thiel ( ; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal (1998), Palantir Technologies (2003), a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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“Trading as Enhanced Group, its stock is up by around 35% over the last week ahead of the inaugural games.”
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The provided evidence does not contain stock price data or a 35% increase for 'Enhanced Group' (ENHA) in the week preceding the games.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enhanced weathering, also termed ocean alkalinity enhancement when proposed for carbon credit systems, is a process that aims to accelerate natural weathering by spreading finely ground silicate rock,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) is a NATO-allied forward-deployed defense and deterrence military force in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. This posture in Northern Europe through Finland, Estoni…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) is a de facto file format for storing and sending cryptographic keys, certificates, and other data, based on a set of 1993 IETF standards defining "privacy-enhanced mail". …
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“However, they have fallen by around 40% since going public on the New York Stock Exchange via a SPAC earlier this month.”
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web search NEUTRAL — If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world's people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure…
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web search NEUTRAL — enhanced，英语单词，主要用作动词、形容词。 作动词时译为“提高，增强”，作形容词时译为“提高的，增强的”等。 其英式发音为/ɪnˈhɑːnst/，美式发音为/ɪnˈhænst/。 形容词有比较级more enhanced和最高级most enhanced。
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web search NEUTRAL — 7. The other primary enhancement is improved usability through a refreshed UI for an enhanced look and feel and a more intuitive workflow. 另一个 主要 的 增强 就是 改进 的 可用 性， 这 是 通过 一个 改进 的 UI （具有 更好 的 感官 和 体验）…
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“A purpose-built arena will host 2,500 spectators to witness dozens of athletes.”
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web search NEUTRAL — The Enhanced Games is a planned multi-sport event. Founded by Australian businessman Aron D'Souza, it plans to allow athletes to use performance-enhancing substances without being subject to drug test…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games
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web search NEUTRAL — The Enhanced Games is offering $500,000 to every event winner, plus a $1 million bonus for anyone who breaks a ratified world record. That is an extraordinary amount of money in Olympic sports, where …
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web search NEUTRAL — Enhanced (NYSE: ENHA) to Build AI-Native Technology Within its Live Enhanced Consumer Platform with Rezolve Ai (NASDAQ: RZLV) in Multi-Million Dollar Strategic Partnership. thomas-rex-dolan. How to wa…
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“They'll also catch rock band The Killers performing at the post-event show.”
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web search NEUTRAL — The Killers are an American rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2001 by Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning. After the band went through a number of short-term bassists and drummers, Mark Stoermer …
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web search NEUTRAL — The Killers — американская альтернативная рок-группа, образованная в 2001 году Брэндоном Флауэрсом и Дэйвом Кенингом. Название было взято из видеоклипа группы New Order «Crystal», где под таким именем…
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web search NEUTRAL — A global movement that develops scientific insights, medical discoveries and record-breaking sports events to unite humanity and inspire innovation.
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“Athletes can only use substances that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).”
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“the company said competitors have used testosterone and testosterone esters, human growth hormones, stimulants like Adderall, metabolic modulators used alongside anabolic agents, erythropoietin, and anabolic steroid agents.”
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“All of these are banned by WADA.”
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“Among them is American 2022 100m world champion Fred Kerley, who also won silver and bronze medals at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, will be taking to the track.”
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“Australian swimmer James Magnussen, who has won a silver and two bronze medals at the Olympics, will also be taking part.”
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“U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Cody Miller is also on the roster.”
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“Enhanced announced a range of supplements in March, alongside performance and longevity products such as hormone replacement therapy for men and women.”
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“It has also said it's planning to offer access to peptides”
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“Hugely popular GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, which include the likes of Wegovy, are peptide-based.”
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“said CEO Maximilian Martin in March.”
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