Athletics

By joining the Enhanced Games, Shane Ryan will be a paid stooge of a doped-up circus

Ryan will be a sunny, articulate spokesman for a grim plaything of tech billionaires with God complexes

Shane Ryan has signed up for the Enhanced Games, for which athletes will be encouraged to take otherwise banned performance-enhancing drugs. Photograph: Andrea Masini/Inpho
Shane Ryan has signed up for the Enhanced Games, for which athletes will be encouraged to take otherwise banned performance-enhancing drugs. Photograph: Andrea Masini/Inpho
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Malachy Clerkin
Tue Oct 14 2025 - 18:00

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