Overview

• Marius Kusch announced on Instagram that he will compete, becoming the first German to join the Enhanced Games and citing financial reasons for his decision.
• The German Olympic Sports Confederation said the project endangers health and breaches German anti-doping law, positioning participants outside the sporting community.
• German Swimming Federation chairman Jan Pommer condemned the plan as diametrically opposed to sport’s values and flagged health risks.
• World Aquatics reiterated that swimmers who take part will be ineligible for its events under its existing policy.
• Organizers plan a May Las Vegas debut with no doping tests, offer $500,000 per event with $250,000 to winners, and advertise $1 million bonuses for select world records, with Ben Proud and Fred Kerley already committed.