Magnussen in doped record attemptAPRetired swimming champion James Magnussen faces potential legal and ethical issues after declaring he will deliberately dope in an unofficial attempt to break the 50m freestyle world record. Magnussen is to be paid US$1 million to make the attempt at the Enhanced Games, a sort of Olympics without drug testing that has been condemned by the Australian Olympic Committee as “dangerous and irresponsible.”“I want to approach this the right way,” Magnussen said on Instagram on Friday. Australia’s James Magnussen celebrates winning the gold in men’s 100m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 27, 2014. WORLD CHAMPIONThe 32-year-old Magnussen has a personal best of 21.52 seconds in the 50m freestyle that he set 11 years ago. The time and venue of the Enhanced Games have yet to be announced.
