"I've been lucky enough to see him live a couple of times now and every single time he delivers," she says.
That time is 0.01secs faster than anyone has gone without the aid of 'supersuits', beating a mark set by American nine-time Olympic champion Caeleb Dressel.The Enhanced Games say the two times are legitimate, with Gkolomeev's swims recorded using the same timing equipment deployed at the Olympics, staged at a certified pool which has hosted the past four US Open events, and overseen by experienced officials.
Neither mark will be recognised by World Aquatics."The Enhanced Games are not a sporting competition built on universal values like honesty, fairness and equity: they are a circus, built on shortcuts," read a statement from swimming's world governing body."The enduring power of athletes to serve as role models for children and adults alike relies on their talent, hard work, respect and friendship. That's what we see in our champions and in our competitions, and that's what we'll continue to showcase."
Gkolomeev received a $1m prize for beating a world record time, an incentive that the Enhanced Games have used to lure athletes since being was founded by Australian entrepreneur and lawyer Aron D'Souza in 2023."The Enhanced Games gave me the resources and the team to unlock a new level of performance - and now the whole world can see what's possible," said Gkolomeev, whose previous 50m freestyle best was 21.44, winning silver behind Britain's Ben Proud at the European Championships in Edinburgh in 2018.
He added that his body shape changed considerably between doping for two weeks in advance of beating Cielo's record in Feburary and then going quicker than Dressel in textile shorts in April.
"On the second attempt I was on a full two-month cycle," he added.Radalj described a battle between African and Taiwanese groups in Beijing's Prison No 2 over this issue.
The Nigerian inmates were working in the kitchen and "were getting small benefits, like a bag of apples once a month or some yogurt or a couple of bananas", he said.Then the Mandarin-speaking Taiwanese inmates were able to convince the guards to let them take over, giving them control of precious extra food items.
This led to a large brawl, and Radalj said he was caught in the middle of it. He was sent to solitary confinement for 194 days after hitting another prisoner.Inside solitary, he finally had the lights turned off only to realise he'd be with very little light nearly all of the time, giving him the opposite sensory problem.