Fred Kerley won the 100 metres at the Enhanced Games with a time of 9.97 seconds after multiple disruptions in the start procedure. Sprinters were repeatedly called out of the blocks because of false starts and an untied shoe, with no disqualifications despite early motion being hard to detect. Kerley’s time would have placed him last at the Paris Olympics two years earlier. Kristian Gkolomeev won the $1m bonus for going faster than the world record across the event’s disciplines, finishing with a 50m freestyle swim in 20.81 seconds. Performance-enhancing drugs are permitted in the Enhanced Games, so records do not count in official books.
"Fred Kerley ran 100 metres in a pedestrian 9.97 seconds on Sunday night to win the Enhanced Games in a race where the sprinters had to be placed in the starting blocks four times because of false starts and untied shoes."
"That record won't go into the books, however, because the Enhanced Games, true to its name, allow performance-enhancing drugs that are banned in mainstream sports. The men's 50m freestyle world record of 20.88 seconds was set two months ago in a sanctioned event by Cameron McEvoy."
"Kerley was in a line of six runners who had to be called out of the blocks three times - an energy sapper - first for a sprinter to re-tie his shoe, then twice more when the false-start signal went off, but early motion was, apparently, undetectable and nobody was disqualified."
"The only athlete to win the $1m (£742,000) bonus for going faster than the world record over the four hours of swimming, weightlifting and track in the specially built stadium on the Las Vegas Strip was Kristian Gkolomeev, who closed the night by swimming the 50m free in 20.81 seconds."
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