Steven V. Selthoffer, is the CEO of the Athletes Channel. He worked on ICARUS with Bryan Fogel and fought for over 20 years to help get a global anti-doping organization started, known as WADA.
All posts by Steven V. Selthoffer
There was slight movement in the links of a chain dragging, then “Click! Ka-Ching!” The sound of a trap snapped shut. Excruciating pain began to set in. Not for Sun Yang, but for others. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on 1 April that WADA will continue...
Jim Walden, Managing Partner at Walden, Macht & Haran LLP and Attorney for Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, issued a statement on June 24, 2020 regarding the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Report on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). He said: “The White House deserves applause for...
The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) Panel Arbitral Award following the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) appeal against Sun Yang and the international swimming federation (FINA) is expected almost any time now. During the 11 hour public hearing on 15 November Sun, currently China’s greatest Olympic swimmer, often struggled...
“I need to escape or Putin will kill me”. – Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov “Holy sh*t”. – Bryan Fogel In a series of critical moves as news events unfolded, Bryan Fogel – legendary for thinking fast on his feet – made an extraordinarily important and quick calculation during a Skype...
New revelations have recently come to light regarding the Sun Yang case, upending global public opinion by confirming that only one member of the testing team had adequate documentation to prove they were trained to perform the anti-doping tests on the swimmer. The revelations also called into question the...
Athletes V Alliance (AVA) recently received documents including two letters from Hein Verbruggen, former President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The first is a detailed 17 page letter addressed to members of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Foundation Board...
The issues created by how the anti-doping community has handled meldonium’s addition to the Prohibited List has polarised opinion. In this opinion piece, Steven Selthoffer examines why so many athletes were unaware that meldonium had been added to the 2016 Prohibited List and explores the lack of incentive for...
