This is a story of a Melbourne boy made good. Or, of a Melbourne boy made supervillain. Opinions vary.

Aron Ping D’Souza, 39, wants to set new heights of human achievement, by allowing athletes to pharmaceutically juice themselves to world records. His Enhanced Games, which critics have dubbed the Doping Olympics, plans to hold its first events later this year. Olympic swimmer James Magnussen is on board: he reckons it’s the future of sport. So are billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel (who provided seed funding); the son of the US president, Donald Trump jnr (who invested last month); and top-rating podcaster Joe Rogan (“I’m really excited about it”), along with millions of fitness nuts who think nothing of injecting steroids or testosterone at the gym.