内容摘要：Days after Israel imposed its blockade on aid in early March - which is only now being eased - it also cut off power lines to the main desalination plants - a vital source of water for Gazans.

Days after Israel imposed its blockade on aid in early March - which is only now being eased - it also cut off power lines to the main desalination plants - a vital source of water for Gazans.

The Enhanced Games did not reveal what substances he had taken, citing personal confidentiality and concern that others would follow Gkolomeev's regime unsupervised. It said they were prescribed "medically and legally".Organisers say they allow participants to take only "medically prescribable and legally approved" substances under clinical supervision, and that they are confident they will comply with the Drug Enforcement Administration laws in the US.

Ukraine's Andrii Govorov, the 33-year-old 50m butterfly world record holder, and 21-year-old Bulgarian Josif Miladinov, a European 100m butterfly silver medallist, have also signed up.Govorov announced his retirement from Olympic sport this week."This choice wasn't easy," he

"I spent a long time reflecting - putting everything I care about on the scale. Competing in Los Angeles [in 2028] was my dream. But life had other plans."The recruitment of Gkolomeev, Govorov and Miladinov is a coup for the Enhanced Games after critics claimed it would struggle to convince established names, still in their prime, to cross the divide.

Australian former world champion James Magnussen, 34, came out of retirement to join the Enhanced Games in 2024, but his attempt to beat the 50m freestyle world record fell well short, recording a best time of 22.73.

The Enhanced Games have aspirations to have a 100-strong roster of participants in next year's event."It's an enormous undertaking," says Dr Jules Bayliss, who leads the antivenom medical team at CSL Seqirus.

"First and foremost we want to see them in major rural and remote areas that these creatures are likely to be in."Vials are distributed depending on the species in each area. Taipans, for example, are in northern parts of Australia, so there's no need for their antivenom in Tasmania.

Antivenom is also given to the Royal Flying Doctors, who access some of the nation's most remote communities, as well as Australian navy and cargo ships for sailors at risk of sea snake bites.Papua New Guinea also receives about 600 vials a year. The country was once connected to Australia by a land bridge, and shares many of the same snake species, so they're given the antivenom for free – snake diplomacy, if you like.