‘Shouldn’t be involved in any sport again’: Aussie swim champ shunned over doping games bid
James DampneyOlympic silver medallist James Magnussen has quickly become the poster boy for the proposed Enhanced Games doping competition and it’s not doing much for his reputation.
To date he is still the only athlete to make such a declaration and it was met with derision at a sports summit in Birmingham this week,“My honest opinion, if you are going to partake in that activity, you shouldn’t be involved in any sport ever again,” World Aquatics chief Brent Nowicki said.“Once you have crossed that bridge, there is no coming back.”
In the meantime Magnussen, who is chasing a $US1 million prize if he can break the 50 metre freestyle world record at a competition dubbed the “Steroid Games”, has become the maligned competition’s key spokesman. The concept has some high-profile and extremely wealthy backing, with legendary director Ridley Scott and US TV star Rob McElhenney producing a documentary on the Games.
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