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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle

Scientists warn Enhanced Games athletes of heart attack risks and having libidos ‘killed off’

Swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev
Kristian Gkolomeev, a Greek swimmer, is said by Enhanced Games organisers to have beaten the world-record time for 50m freestyle by using banned drugs. Photograph: Darko Bandić/AP

Enhanced Games competitors run the risk of their libido being “killed off” as well as a greater chance of heart attacks and psychiatric issues by taking performance enhanced drugs, leading experts have warned.

Prof Ian Broadley, whose research has been supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency, and his colleague Martin Chandler, a research fellow who specialises in PEDs, also told the Guardian that organisers’ claims that banned drugs can be made safer if taken under medical supervision are “incorrect and misleading”.

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