'Drugs Also Permitted': A 15.1 billion won Challenge Aims to Break Usain Bolt's 100m World Record

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Planned with the slogan "Testing human limits through the power of science," the Enhanced Games, which permit all forms of drug and technological doping, has announced a challenge with a prize of up to $10 million (approximately 15.1 billion won). The goal is to break the men's 100m world record of 9.58 seconds set by Usain Bolt (Jamaica, retired).

The organizers of the Enhanced Games announced on the 28th (Korean time) via their website that "anyone who breaks Bolt's record will immediately receive a $10 million prize." Of course, drugs banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and so-called technological doping are all permitted. The challenge, with a staggering $10 million at stake, will take place next year.

At the first event held in Las Vegas, USA, on the 24th local time, the prize for breaking a world record was $1 million (approximately 1.51 billion won), but the prize for the men's 100m event jumped tenfold. In this year's first event, 42 athletes participated in sports including track and field, swimming, and weightlifting. However, the only one to break a world record was Christian Golomeev (Greece), who competed in the men's 50m freestyle swimming event.

At the time, Golomeev set a record of 20.81 seconds, which was 0.07 seconds faster than the men's 50m freestyle world record of 20.88 seconds. He received a winning prize of $250,000 (approximately 380 million won) and a $1 million bonus for breaking the world record. Of course, Golomeev's record is an "unofficial" world record.

With records not performing as expected despite the absence of restrictions on drugs and other factors, the organizers have placed a $10 million prize on breaking Usain Bolt's men's 100m world record to ignite the athletes' will to challenge.

Previously, Bolt set the 100m world record by crossing the finish line with a time of 9.58 seconds at the 2009 World Championships, and his record has remained unbroken for 17 years. At the same event, Bolt also ran the 200m in 19.19 seconds, holding the world record for the men's 200m as well.

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