By Nicole Miller on SwimSwam
Yet another athlete has announced their commitment to join the Enhanced Games.
In a post on Instagram, the Enhanced Games (@enhanced_games) shared that 3-time Irish Olympian Shane Ryan will be joining the games set to occur next year.
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Ryan, 31, most recently competed at the 2025 World Championships in Singapore where he was one of several swimmers to fall ill with a stomach bug during the meet. Following the World Championships, Ryan remained out of competition for several months before announcing his retirement from competitive swimming last week. In his retirement post, Ryan noted that he wasn’t planning on stepping away from the pool completely, but did not mention the Enhanced Games. “Though I’m stepping away from competition, my love for the sport remains as strong as ever – and I look forward to giving back in new ways, mentoring the next generation and staying involved in the swimming community.”
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Ryan, a backstroke specialist, has picked up several minor international medals throughout his career including bronze medals in the 50 backstroke at both the 2018 and 2024 SC World Championships. He has also represented Ireland at three Olympic Games, including the 2016, 2021, and 2024 Games, becoming the first Irish-man to do so. At the Olympics, he never made an individual final, with his highest finish coming in the 100 backstroke in 2016 where he placed 16th in the semi-finals of the event.
Prior to switching to Irish sporting cititizenship in 2016, Ryan was a member of the US Junior National Team. He was born-and-raised in Pennsylvania and attended Penn State, where he competed for the Natty Lions between 2012 and 2017 (with a redshirt year for the 2016 Olympic Games). He remains one of the only swimmers in school history to have competed at the Olympics.
Ryan also competed for the Toronto Titans in the now-defunct International Swimming League (ISL) back in 2020. The league was known for its strict anti-doping policies, a stark comparison to the Enhanced Games.
Despite his speciality being the backstroke events, the Enhanced Games clarified in their Instagram post that Ryan will contest the 50m freestyle and 100m sprint at the games. While the latter of the two events was previously listed as the 100m freestyle, it is unclear whether the games will shift to include additional strokes in the event. Currently, the only other swimming events on the schedule are the 50m and 100m butterfly.
With this announcement, Ryan joins a growing list of accomplished swimmers who have joined the Games, joining male sprinters Ben Proud, Kristian Gkolomeev, James Magnussen, Andrii Govorov, Marius Kusch, and Josif Miladinov, while American Megan Romano became the first female to join the organization in early August.
The controversial organization is hosting its inaugural event next May in Las Vegas with $1 million on the line for going under the existing the world record in the 50 free or the 100-meter dash. Other events are slated to pay out $250,000 for dipping under the existing mark.
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