Read more2Olympian and Masters Star Djan Madruga, Now 65, is Showing That Elite Performance Has Lifelong Potential07 April 2024Olympian Djan Madruga, now 65, is Showing That Elite Performance Has Lifelong Potential Djan Madruga (Brazil) recently closed out the World Aquatics Masters Championships in world class fashion, winning five events: 400 Freestyle - 4:53.44 (World Championship Record) 800 Freestyle - 10:05.77 (Worl...
Read moreadidas’ Successful ADIZERO XVI Launch in Preparation for Rio 2016 Olympic Games03 December 2015Commentary by Steven Selthoffer adidas executives and staff warmly welcomed about 40 of the sport’s top influencers, distributors, media personnel, sport execs and sponsored teams to “Herzo” the home town of adidas AG for the global preview and launch of the much anticipated new aquatics line the AD...
Read more472016 Rio Olympic Athletes In Peril; Late Night Swimming Finals Favors NBC31 March 2015Commentary by Steven V. Selthoffer It was officially posted on the Rio Olympic 2016 Internet site that swimming preliminaries and finals times for the 2016 Olympic Games have been altered drastically to new times creating a global uproar among athletes, coaches and teams once again. The change was c...
Read morePollution Concerns Increase As Massive Fish Die-Off Now At Rio Olympic Sailing Site27 February 2015By Steven V. Selthoffer Chief European Columnist Swimming World RIO DE JANEIRO - CTN News published an AP article stating that Rio de Janeiro’s state environmental protection agency is “investigating a massive fish die-off that has left thousands of carcasses floating in waters where the sailing eve...
Read morePollution Still Present in Rio 2016 Olympic Venues03 February 2015Column by Steven V. Selthoffer, Chief European Columnist RIO DE JANEIRO - In a recent photo tweet from a friend of Pieter van den Hoogenband, the author shows that pollution clearly remains in Rio waters. Swimming World' Steve Selthoffer has been following this issue ever since Greenpeace released t...
Read moreQ&A Interview on Russian Doping, Sport Cartels And The “Family” Of Governing Bodies22 December 2014By Steven V. Selthoffer. Chief European Columnist Swimming World Magazine Stuttgart, GER-- The earthquakes and tremors continue to reverberate from the revelations from the ARD/WDR documentary “Secret Doping Dossier: How Russia produces its Winners,” by Hajo Seppelt. The documentary and transcripts ...
Read more5Call To Relocate FINA 2015 World Championships Away From Kazan; Russian Doping Transcipts Released15 December 2014By Steven V. Selthoffer, Swimming World Magazine Chief European Columnist KOLN — The official English transcript of “Top Secret Doping: How Russia makes its Winners,” by Hajo Seppelt, WDR, the most important documentary (so far) in the history of sport, exposes the size and scope of the systematic, ...
Read moreRussian Doping Puts Swimming In Crosshairs05 December 2014By Steven V. Selthoffer, Swimming World Magazine Chief European Columnist Köln, GER— German broadcaster ARD has issued a press release regarding the growing doping scandal and naming Russian swimming as one of the sports involved. The press release translated states: “With a degree of clarity previo...
Read moreThe Sun Yang Doping Case: Chapter Two Of An Olympic Champion02 December 2014By Steven V. Selthoffer, Swimming World Chief European Columnist BONN — The recent Antidoping Report released from FINA stated that Sun Yang, has had a “Doping Offence” from “an in-competition test conducted by the Chinese Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) on May 17, 2014, at the Chinese National Champio...