Read more8ICARUS, Documentary on Russian Doping Scandal, Up for Academy Award05 January 2018ICARUS, the documentary by Bryan Fogel that shed light on Russia's institutionalized doping scandal, has been nominated for an Academy Award. Out of 170 films submitted as possibilities for "Best Documentary," ICARUS was one of 15 to advance in the voting process. The five final nominees for "Best D...
Read more8ICARUS Wins Oscar, Filmmakers Call For Head Of IOC To Resign06 March 2018The Netflix documentary film ICARUS by Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan that helped to expose the widespread Russian institutionalized doping scandal won an Academy Award for “Best Documentary” on Sunday night in Los Angeles, California. Swimming World reviewed the film back in 2017, and reported as it was...
Read moreICARUS film review: “Awesome!”21 August 2017Commentary by Steven V. Selthoffer. The ground-breaking and enormously successful film ICARUS, directed and written by Bryan Fogel, does more to promote clean sports and fair play in one two-hour documentary than the entire International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Doping Agency could ever do i...
Read moreThe Week That Was: ASU Men Take Down Texas in Tempe30 January 2018This week the Arizona State University men’s swimming and diving team took down defending the defending NCAA Champions in Tempe, another sign of the program’s fast rise over the last few years. Read about that meet and all of the biggest stories from the week in The Week That Was! https://youtu.be/q...
Read more3ICARUS Officially Nominated for Academy Award23 January 2018ICARUS, the documentary by Bryan Fogel that shed light on Russia’s institutionalized doping scandal, has officially been nominated for an Academy Award: Congrats to our Documentary Feature nominees! #Oscars #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/5ohEQIHDPP — The Academy (@TheAcademy) January 23, 2018 Earlier i....
Read moreInternational Paralympic Committee Urges WADA to Resolve Russian Anti-Doping Agency Stalemate12 September 2018The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has urged the Russian authorities and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to increase their efforts to resolve the ongoing stalemate regarding the reinstatement of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA). Following an IPC Governing Board meeting in Madrid...