Overview
- Enhanced confirmed Armstrong will compete on May 24, 2026 in Las Vegas, and he says he will skip the event’s medical protocol while remaining in World Aquatics’ testing pool as he targets the 2028 Olympics.
- Armstrong told ESPN that the loss of a main sponsor left him unable to pay bills, pushing him to choose Enhanced as a way to continue his career after considering retirement.
- World Aquatics amended bylaws last year warning that those who support, endorse or participate in events that enable doped sport may be ineligible for federation competitions.
- A World Aquatics spokesperson told ESPN the bylaw will be applied case by case and declined to offer a specific ruling on Armstrong’s status.
- The Enhanced Games offers athlete salaries, $250,000 first-place prizes and record bonuses, with roughly 40 athletes training in Abu Dhabi under a UAE-approved clinical trial involving hormones and peptides.