Hunter Armstrong On Racing Clean At Enhanced Games, Getting Paid, And What Comes Next

By Gold Medal Mel Stewart on SwimSwamOlympic gold medalist Hunter Armstrong left the inaugural Enhanced Games with $375,000 in prize money after two podium finishes.
Competing clean, non-enhanced athlete, Armstrong won the men’s 50 backstroke in 24.21 racing in a polyurethane “super suit.” That swim earned him $250,000, though it was about half a second off his American record of 23.71. He returned in the 100 freestyle, finishing 2nd in 48.0 behind Kristian Gkolomeev, who won i