内容摘要："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.

"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.

Australia is famously full of such deadly animals - and this room at the Australian Reptile Park plays a critical part in a government antivenom programme, which saves lives on a continent where it's often joked that everything wants to kill you.While the quickest recorded death from a Sydney funnel-web spider was a toddler at 13 minutes, the average is closer to 76 minutes - and first aid gives you an even better chance of surviving.

So successful is the antivenom programme here at the Australian Reptile Park that nobody has been killed by one since it started in 1981.The scheme relies, however, on members of the public either catching the spiders or collecting their egg sacs.In a van plastered with a giant crocodile sticker, each week Ms Teni's team drives all over Australia's most famous city, picking up Sydney funnel-webs that have been handed in at drop-off points such as local veterinary practices.

There are two reasons why these spiders are so dangerous, she explains: not only is their venom extremely potent, but they also live exclusively in a densely populated region where they're more likely to encounter humans.Handyman Charlie Simpson is one such person. He moved into his first home with his girlfriend a few months ago, and the keen gardener has already found two Sydney funnel-webs. He took the second spider to the vet, where Ms Teni picked it up shortly after.

"I had gloves on at the time, but realistically I should have had leather gloves on because their fangs are so big and strong," the 26-year-old says.

"I [just thought] I had better catch it because I kept getting told you're meant to take them back to be milked, because it's so critical.""It is a game changer," he added.

Prof Matt Loose, a biologist at the University of Nottingham's School of Life Sciences, developed the new method using software dubbed ROBIN.Using nanopore genetic sequencing, he said, scientists are able to choose which parts of the DNA to look at in detail, delivering a faster result.

He said: "Sadly most brain tumours are incredibly aggressive and waiting six to eight weeks, or however long, for every subsequent test may be too long for that patient."Now we can get the results within hours and that can happen within an operation while a patient is still in theatre."