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I find it ironic that thats the first thing that comes to mind. I know people with rare blood groups, I think this could be huge for them.

If that's what it takes get this technology everywhere i'm all for it lol.

An alternate Olympics where everyone is sponsored by medical companies :D

We have the Enhanced Games (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Games), so we already have an alternative Olympics that definitely includes medical companies.

As if the un-enhanced games weren't already getting closer to playing a game of chicken with your health on the line.

I believe this could also be detected.

Yes, it would be exactly the same as the original, "crude" blood doping of injecting your own blood.

For people talking about "augmented games" and such, bear in mind that one of the reasons it was banned was that young athletes were suddenly dying a lot from heart problems.

Could you do this using current medicine by extracting and donating blood back to yourself after a week?

I'm pretty certain I read of people doing this in cycling tournaments.

Yes, Lance Armstrong did just that! https://www.usada.org/wp-content/uploads/ReasonedDecision.pd...