The controversial Enhanced Games has been widely criticised following an underwhelming inaugural edition in Las Vegas.
The event, which took place across Sunday and Monday (AEST), allowed athletes to use performance-enhancing substances without being subject to drug tests.
The aim was to see what could be achieved by some of the world’s best competitors when doping controls were not in place.
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Huge financial incentives were also offered to athletes who managed to break world records.
But what unfolded was just one world record unofficially being broken — Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev in the 50-metre freestyle.
Many of the other events ended in disappointment, with American sprinter Fred Kerley, running clean, winning the men’s 100 metres a huge 0.39 seconds shy of Usain Bolt’s 9.58 record.
Australian swimmer James Magnussen, the first high-profile athlete to publicly sign onto the Games, was a complete disappointment as he finished last in both of his events.
And the crowds also appeared underwhelming as the event left many unconvinced.
Author and investor John Durant took to social media to claim disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won seven Tour de France titles before being stripped for the use of PEDs, was the “real winner” of the Games.
He said: “The big winner of the Enhanced Games was, in a sense, Lance Armstrong.
“PEDs don’t automatically turn someone into a record breaking athlete. Or even a winning athlete.
“All the top cyclists back then were on something, but he was the one who won.”
While a social media user said: “The whole thing is stupid anyway, because if athletes are truly at the top of their field they’re not going to throw away Olympic/world champs to juice for the Enhanced Games.
“So the athletes who are juicing are those that have no chance of getting to the top anyway.”
And another added: “You mean to tell me the Enhanced Games let the these dudes juice and they still can’t beat Usain Bolt.”
Enhanced Games founder Christian Angermayer justified the competition by making the unsubstantiated claim that the International Olympic Committee’s research found “43 per cent” of competitors are cheating.
He said: “The International Olympic Committee did research on an anonymised basis how many athletes admit to using banned substances.
“43% said they are, 1% gets caught. That means literally every other athlete is cheating and getting away with it”
“Many doctors we work with say that doping tests are IQ tests. You just need to know which substances to take, how to circumvent them, how to mask them.”