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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle

‘It’s a joke’: Enhanced Games swimmer should face life ban, says aquatics chief

James Magnussen celebrates after winning the men's 100m freestyle final at the 2013 World Swimming Championships.
James Magnussen has promised to ‘juice to the gills’ when he comes out of retirement for the Enhanced Games next year. Photograph: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters

The Australian world champion swimmer James Magnussen should be banned from sport for life if he deliberately dopes in an attempt to win $1m by trying to break a world record, the World Aquatics chief executive, Brent Nowicki, has said.

The 6ft 7in Magnussen, who won three world titles as well as a 100m freestyle silver at the London 2012 Olympics, has promised to “juice to the gills” when he comes out of retirement for the Enhanced Games next year – and reckons he can break the 50m freestyle world record in six months.

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