Former 100m sprint champion Fred Kerley will be one of the few athletes competing without drugs at the event.<\/p>\n
Max Martin, chief executive officer and co-founder, has predicted multiple world records will be \u201cbeaten\u201d, though the feats will not be officially recognised.<\/p>\n
Weightlifters Beatriz Piron and Arley Mendez surpassed world records in training, he told a press conference on the eve of the event.<\/p>\n
Martin said: \u201cHopefully they\u2019ll be able to do it tomorrow as well, and then we\u2019ll see a few more. My guess is we\u2019ll see quite a few.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swimmers will also be allowed to wear the types of \u201csupersuits\u201d that led to many world records falling around the 2008 Beijing Olympics but were subsequently prohibited.<\/p>\n
Chief sporting officer Rick Adams said he respected that \u201cspecific international organisations\u201d would not accept any records set on Sunday, even if they were broken by clean athletes like Kerley.<\/p>\n
The Enhanced Games are taking place at a purpose-built US$50m arena in a Las Vegas casino parking lot, a structure to be dismantled hours after the final race.<\/p>\n
In a marriage of sports, biohacking, politics and entertainment, investors including billionaire Peter Thiel are rumoured to be attending, while rock band The Killers will play a closing set. Donald Trump jnr is among the event\u2019s investors.<\/p>\n
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