“Juiced to his gills” on a combination of testosterone, steroids, and god knows what else, three times Olympic medalist James Magnussen put on over 30 lbs of lean muscle in just a few months, risking his health, his reputation and his legacy, all in an attempt to break the 50m freestyle world record, and launch the ‘Enhanced Games’ into history books. 

Yet, two years later, the classic thought experiment of “the Olympics – but  everyone can take whatever substances they want” has struggled to get off the starting blocks. 

Why? Join us, and our friends from The Upshot, to find out some of the wildest stories from the history of doping.

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