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demmiblue

(39,952 posts)
Sat May 23, 2026, 05:21 PM 23 hrs ago

Donald Trump Jr.-backed 'Steroid Olympics' are happening on Sunday.

A new sports competition featuring Olympic medalists will take place in Las Vegas on Sunday. The twist? The competitors can take performance-enhancing drugs.

The Enhanced Games, dubbed the “Steroid Olympics,” will see 42 athletes compete across swimming, track and weightlifting.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Olympic Committee have been highly critical of the games, which were announced in 2023. Others, however, see opportunity.

Donald Trump Jr.’s investment firm, 1789 Capital, is joining Peter Thiel on the cap table of the company behind the games and leading its Series B in 2025.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/22/enhanced-games-performance-enhancing-drugs.html


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Donald Trump Jr.-backed 'Steroid Olympics' are happening on Sunday. (Original Post) demmiblue 23 hrs ago OP
Next up: Meth Olympics Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #1
Scheming Trumps never made a legitimate buck oasis 23 hrs ago #2
Oh Well Maninacan 23 hrs ago #3
Steroid? More like Sterile. C_U_L8R 23 hrs ago #4
Is this associated... 2naSalit 23 hrs ago #5
No, they have immigrant fights set up for that. Midnight Writer 17 hrs ago #8
Peter Boyle had a short, sarcastic skit on some show about steroids.... 'Who cares if these muscle-bound jocks lose thei Norrrm 20 hrs ago #6
I don't think this is going to work out like Coke, Jr thinks it will GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #7
OMG, we live in a Saturday Night Live sketch. Initech 16 hrs ago #9

Norrrm

(5,635 posts)
6. Peter Boyle had a short, sarcastic skit on some show about steroids.... 'Who cares if these muscle-bound jocks lose thei
Sat May 23, 2026, 08:56 PM
20 hrs ago

Peter Boyle had a short, sarcastic skit on some show about steroids.... 'Who cares if these muscle-bound jocks lose their gonads and die young? We get to see good sports.'

GenThePerservering

(3,737 posts)
7. I don't think this is going to work out like Coke, Jr thinks it will
Sat May 23, 2026, 11:40 PM
17 hrs ago

it's a joke in competitive circles.

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