Roids were all the rage at the Enhanced Games
Roids were all the rage at the Enhanced Games
“增强运动会”：类固醇大行其道
On the ground at the invite-only ‘Steroid Olympics’ in Vegas, where the athletes are the experiment. 直击拉斯维加斯“类固醇奥运会”现场：运动员们正成为人体实验对象
In Las Vegas, the blazing sun beats down on a makeshift Olympic-length pool. Cody Miller stands on the starting block of lane one. His arms are raised in victory. MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This” thumps over the loudspeakers as he rips off his swimming cap, throwing it to the ground. Miller lets out a guttural scream, muscles and veins bulging. He’s just won the men’s 50m breaststroke at the inaugural Enhanced Games. Miller’s wallet is $250,000 fatter than it was 26.55 seconds ago — a new personal best time for the two-time Olympic medalist.
在拉斯维加斯，烈日炙烤着一个临时搭建的奥运标准泳池。科迪·米勒（Cody Miller）站在第一泳道的出发台上，高举双臂庆祝胜利。随着扩音器里播放着 MC Hammer 的《U Can’t Touch This》，他一把扯下泳帽扔在地上，发出一声嘶吼，浑身肌肉紧绷，青筋暴起。他刚刚赢得了首届“增强运动会”（Enhanced Games）男子 50 米蛙泳比赛的冠军。这位两届奥运会奖牌得主刚刚刷新了个人最好成绩，而他的钱包也比 26.55 秒前多了 25 万美元。
Is Miller’s win thanks to his polyurethane swimsuit, which was banned after the 2008 Olympics as a form of technological doping? Or was it his personalized protocol of performance-enhancing drugs, which are verboten in almost every other competition? One thing is certain: Miller isn’t ashamed of his decision to dope. He’s been talking about it for months and has the enthusiastic endorsement of his doctors, coaches, and family.
米勒的胜利归功于他那件在 2008 年奥运会后因被视为“技术兴奋剂”而遭禁用的聚氨酯泳衣吗？还是归功于他那套在几乎所有其他赛事中都被严令禁止的个性化兴奋剂方案？有一点是肯定的：米勒并不为自己使用兴奋剂的决定感到羞耻。他已经公开谈论此事数月，并得到了医生、教练和家人的全力支持。
“I just shaved seven-tenths off my best at 34,” he says, when asked how “enhancing” has affected his performance.
当被问及“增强”手段如何影响他的表现时，他说：“我今年 34 岁了，成绩却比个人最好纪录提高了 0.7 秒。”
“Steroid Olympics” is a blunt moniker, but it’s one that’s stuck since the Enhanced Games were first announced by tech entrepreneur Aaron D’Souza in 2023. The venture, which biotech entrepreneur Christian Angermayer also cofounded, counts Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr. among its backers. The elevator pitch: a live sporting event where performance-enhancing drugs are not only allowed, but encouraged. These are athletes willing to push their bodies to the absolute limits — at least, the limits approved by the Food and Drug Administration and administered under close medical supervision.
“类固醇奥运会”是一个直白且刺耳的绰号，但自科技企业家亚伦·德索萨（Aaron D’Souza）于 2023 年首次宣布举办“增强运动会”以来，这个名字就一直伴随着它。该项目由生物技术企业家克里斯蒂安·安格迈尔（Christian Angermayer）共同创立，其支持者包括彼得·蒂尔（Peter Thiel）和小唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump Jr.）。其核心理念是：举办一场不仅允许、甚至鼓励使用兴奋剂的现场体育赛事。这些运动员愿意将身体推向绝对极限——至少是在美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）批准并由医生严密监管下的极限。
Enhanced’s CEO, the 29-year old Maximilian Martin, is the type of figure you’d imagine looksmaxxers studying thanks to his chiseled jaw and earnest passion for personal optimization. “Traditional medicine is all about [fixing] what’s wrong with you. It’s about getting you back to your baseline,” Martin says. But with the help of performance enhancers, “you can get into that space beyond. I think it’s really scientific evolution.”
“增强运动会”的首席执行官、29 岁的马克西米利安·马丁（Maximilian Martin）拥有轮廓分明的下颌线和对个人优化的执着追求，他看起来就像是那些热衷于“颜值优化”（looksmaxxing）的人会研究的对象。马丁说：“传统医学旨在修复你的病痛，让你回到基准状态。但借助增强剂，你可以进入超越基准的领域。我认为这实际上是科学的进化。”
Enhanced CEO Maximilian Martin, 29, calls what the company is doing “scientific evolution.”
“增强运动会”首席执行官、29 岁的马克西米利安·马丁称该公司的行为是“科学的进化”。
Martin calls the practice of self-optimizing through substances “enhancing,” but the concept is more commonly known as biohacking. It revolves around using science and tech to achieve perceived optimal personal health. The trend invites self-experimentation with biological testing, wearable devices, and in extreme cases, dubiously sourced substances. It’s not limited to elite athletes, either. Silicon Valley bros injecting themselves with gray-market peptides, wellness influencers hawking the latest supplements on TikTok, and whatever it is longevity influencer (and Enhanced Games commentator) Bryan Johnson is doing now — these are all forms of biohacking.
马丁将这种通过物质进行自我优化的做法称为“增强”，但这个概念更广为人知的名字是“生物黑客”（biohacking）。它围绕着利用科学和技术来实现所谓的最佳个人健康状态。这种趋势鼓励人们通过生物测试、可穿戴设备进行自我实验，在极端情况下，甚至会使用来源可疑的物质。这不仅限于精英运动员。硅谷精英们注射灰色市场的多肽，健康博主在 TikTok 上兜售最新的补剂，以及长寿网红（兼“增强运动会”解说员）布莱恩·约翰逊（Bryan Johnson）正在做的那些事——这些都是生物黑客的形式。
Researchers, clean athletes, and sporting organizations are largely unconvinced. The World Anti-Doping Agency, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the International Olympic Committee, and several other professional athletic associations have heavily criticized Enhanced as setting a dangerous precedent. Travis Tygart, the CEO of USADA, has called the Enhanced Games a “dangerous clown show that puts profit over principle.” Critics have also questioned whether performance-enhancing drugs could ever be used safely, raising concerns over the athletes’ long-term health.
研究人员、清白运动员和体育组织对此并不买账。世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）、美国反兴奋剂机构（USADA）、国际奥委会以及其他几个职业体育协会都严厉批评“增强运动会”开创了一个危险的先例。美国反兴奋剂机构首席执行官特拉维斯·泰格特（Travis Tygart）称“增强运动会”是一场“将利润置于原则之上的危险闹剧”。批评者还质疑兴奋剂是否真的能被安全使用，并对运动员的长期健康表示担忧。