KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shockoria Wallace, a 32-year-old 100 metre sprinter, has become the first Jamaican to join the controversial Enhanced Games.

Wallace also previously participated in the 60 metre and 4×100 metre sprints and has a season’s best of 7.66 in the 6o metre this year, according to World Athletics.

She topped the field for the 100 metre at the 2022 Velocity Fest Meet at the National Stadium in 11.55.

The Enhanced Games announced her addition on Monday, describing Wallace as a “consistent national finalist (2021–24) in one of the world’s deepest sprinting nations.”

The Enhanced Games, set for debut in Las Vegas this year, will allow athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs, if they desire, to augment their performances across several disciplines, including athletics and swimming.

Enhanced describes itself as an elite sports competition and performance products company committed to giving athletes and people alike the ability to optimise their health, performance and recovery.

Its games will pay out large prizes, especially for any records broken during the competition; however, major sporting bodies, including World Athletics and World Aquatics have spoken out against the Enhanced Games, citing the potential impact on athletes and sport.

World Aquatics enacted a bylaw in 2025 banning individuals who “support, endorse, or participate in sporting events that embrace the use of scientific advancements or other practices that may include prohibited substances and/or prohibited methods” from participating in its events.

Wallace joins sprinters Taylor Anderson, Marvin Bracy-Williams (United States), Mike Bryan (Germany), Clarence Munyai (South Africa), and Reece Prescod (United Kingdom) as the latest additions to the men’s and women’s fields for the games.