"Nonsense!"

Athletics boss rages against “doping games”

The President of the World Association of Athletics Federations, Sebastian Coe, has described the announced Enhanced Games as "nonsense". "I can't get excited about it," said Coe on Thursday in Glasgow ahead of this weekend's World Indoor Championships.

A number of billionaires are planning to stage world record competitions with the help of doping. They are tempting athletes with big money: a million US dollars as a bonus for a world record. If someone is stupid enough to feel they have to take part, they will be banned for a long time, said Coe. You occasionally experience crazy things, said Coe. But that's not why he has sleepless nights.

Five core categories of sports were selected for their Enhanced Games: Athletics, Martial Arts, Weightlifting, Aquatics and Gymnastics. More is yet to be decided than that they will be held annually. Aron D'Souza, the president of the Enhanced Games, believes that his event project will create the Olympic Games of the future. In addition to the Australian entrepreneur, the US-American Peter Thiel is also a member of the group of investors