Read previewThe CEO of the Enhanced Games — dubbed the "Olympics on steroids" — said there will be on-site stewards prepared to deal with any drug overdoses at the sporting event.
"It's a risk-management framework," said Aron D'Souza, who founded the Peter Thiel-backed sporting event, in a conversation with Business Insider.
The controversial sporting event, which organizers say could be held for the first time next year, is pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable in athletics.
"The Enhanced Games promote themselves as the 'Olympics of the future' and state that they will 'pay athletes fairly,'" she told BI.
But Backhouse said she is most concerned about the message the Enhanced Games sends to the next generation of athletes.
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