Enhanced Games 2026 Betting Guide with Odds and Predictions

Total World Records Broken

• • Over 1.5 (+200)

Top entertainment sportsbooks have the odds of over 1.5 world records being broken at the 2026 Enhanced Games listed at +200. Unfortunately, BetOnline is not offering odds on the under at the time of writing.

This inaugural Enhanced Games feature a variety of sports, including track and field, swimming, and weightlifting. The latter two are the best opportunities in my estimation to see new world records.

Hafthor Bjornsson is a good bet to break a record any time he steps into the gym. Likewise, the field of former Olympic-level swimmers who will be using PEDs has a strong shot at breaking a world record.

If any of the swimmers find success and Bjornsson lives up to expectations, at least two records will go down. That’s enough to take a shot at the huge odds available for over 1.5.

An Official World Record Broken in Swimming

• • Yes (+150)

Making it to the Olympics, especially in a sport as competitive as swimming, is extremely challenging. Taking Olympic-level swimmers and allowing them access to PEDs promises spectacular results.

Some of the most successful swimmers taking part in the Enhanced Games include:

• • James Magnussen
  • Kristian Gkolomeev
  • Andriy Govorov

Magnussen has three Olympic Medals (1 silver, 2 bronze), as well as eight gold medals in total across the World Championships, Pan Pacific Championships, and Commonwealth Games.

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Gkolomeev also has an impressive track record, winning three golds at the NCAA Championships and 17 total medals since then. He unofficially broke the 50m freestyle record in 2025.

Govorov had a prolific career in 50m races, too. He never competed in the Olympics, but Govorov won two gold medals in the 50m butterfly in the European Championships (2016, 2018). He set the men’s long course record in 2018 with a time of 22.27 seconds.

All three are in their 30s now, but the option to use PEDs should help them turn back the clock and break at least one world record this year.

An Official World Record Broken in Track

• • Yes (+2500)

Not every event lends itself to breaking a world record, even with PED use. Track and Field, for instance, only features one former Olympic medalist.

Fred Kerley won silver at the 2020 Olympics and Bronze in 2024. Other former Olympians joining Kerley at the Enhanced Games include:

• • Mouhamadou Fall (2020)
  • Emmanuel Matadi (2016, 2020, 2024)
  • Reece Prescod (2020)
  • Marvin Bracy (2-06)
  • Clarence Munyai (2016, 2020)
  • Jasmine Abrams (2020)

Swimming, for comparison, features four former Olympic medalists.

The lower talent level in athletics is a big reason why the odds of a Track and Field record being broken are listed at 25-1.

Kerley’s best performances were in team competitions, namely the 4×100. He will be on his own in the Enhanced Games, with only PEDs to potentially boost his performance.

Some of the records Kerley and the other competitors will be trying to break include:

• • 100m sprint = 9.58 seconds (men) and 10.49 seconds (women)
  • 100m hurdles = 12.12 seconds (women)
  • 110m hurdles = 12.80 seconds (men)

Even with PEDs, the athlete pool is not talented enough to break any of the records above, so I would stay away from this bet for now.

Fred Kerley to break an official World Record

• • Yes (+5000)

You can also bet specifically on Kerley breaking a record at +5000 odds. As mentioned above, he is the only former Olympic medalist competing in the Track and field competitions at this year’s Enhanced Games.

Kerley won silver in the 100m sprint at the 2020 Olympics, finishing in 9.84 seconds. He did slightly worse in 2024, taking home the bronze in Paris with a time of 9.81 seconds.

The 100m world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2009. Bolt is the only sprinter to finish the 100m with a sub-9.60-second time.

At +5000 odds, Kerley offers a large payout for even minimal stakes in this wager. However, shaving nearly a quarter of a second off his time will be challenging, even with PEDs. With that in mind, I recommend staying off this bet for now.

Hafthor Bjornsson to Break an Official World Record

• • Yes (-200)

Hafthor Bjornsson is the only athlete favored to break a World Record in the latest Enhanced Games odds at BetOnline. Thor is listed at -200 odds to set a new weightlifting record.

Bjornsson has broken 129 world records in his lifting career, including:

• • Deadlift 510 kg (1,124 lbs.) with a standard bar
  • 650 kg (1,433 lbs.) Viking ship mast carry
  • 320 kg (705 lbs.) x 3 reps snatch grip deadlift

The Enhanced Games will feature the Snatch, Clean & Jerk, and a special deadlift exhibition between Bjornsson and Mitchell Hooper. Only the latter will count for this Enhanced Games betting market.

Breaking his own iconic deadlift record of 510 kg will be extremely challenging, but the use of PEDs could be the boost that Thor needs to do it.

Bjornsson’s chances of breaking a record are so high in the eyes of the oddsmakers that he is excluded from the market for a weightlifting record to be broken. BetOnline has the odds of a weightlifting record being broken at +1000, but the results of Bjornsson’s exhibition do not count toward a win in that market.