The Last Gold Documentary World Premiere - (Tag)

In the second day of our landmark five-day series announcing Swimming World's unprecedented move to strip the East German women of our prestigious World and European Swimmers of the Year awards, we look back at some of the people most victimized by the systematic doping regime. While East Germany's ...

Based on a mix of positive tests, personal admissions as well as doping admissions from their coaches, Swimming World Magazine has stripped Kornelia Ender, Ulrike Tauber, Petra Schneider, Ute Geweniger and Kristin Otto of their World Swimmer of the Year awards from the 1970s and '80s. Those five swi...

2016 is the 40th Anniversary of 1976 Olympics. The following article reflected on those games and the truth about that era.  It was first published January 9, 2007 and Swimming World wants to share some of those painful lessons with today's readers.  USA Swimming produced a documentary on the 1976 W...

It has been a long time since East Germany ruled the Olympic games with performance-enhancing drugs. The issue in swimming has been brought to the forefront as Shirley Babashoff and the 1976 women’s swim team in the documentary “The Last Gold.” The documentary tells the story of the swimmers affecte...

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 1. JUST a month since Swimming World made the landmark decision to strip 28 titles from East German women based on a mix of positive tests, personal admissions and doping admissions from their coaches, Shirley Babashoff has released a statement in support of the action. "I ...

Shirley Babashoff sat down for an exclusive interview with SwimmingWorld.TV's Brent Rutemiller to discuss the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the systematic doping of the East German women swimmers. Rutemiller touched on a lot of subjects including Babashoff's place in history, The Last Gold Documentary,...

By Brent Rutemiller PHOENIX, Arizona, December 13. They set records. They became famous. They became rich. They cheated. They stole. They lied. They were idolized. They were paraded. They were crowned. They cheated. They stole. They lied. Marion Jones and the 1976 East Germans have a lot in common. ...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 28. MONDAY'S episode of The Morning Swim Show is a must-see, featuring a compelling interview with a 1976 USA Olympian who talks about her East German (DDR) competitors, the race the Americans won against all odds and her confrontation with a former DDR swimmer. Wendy Bogliol...

For years Swimming World has been following and reporting on the events of the 1976 Montreal Olympics where the women of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) swept the medal stands, continually out-touching the women of the United States. "The Greatest Untold Story In Olympic Swimming History,"...

Commentary by Brent T. Rutemiller. When I stepped into the pressroom there were only a few people in the room. At first I thought I came at the wrong time or perhaps the wrong room. I glanced around and saw three middle-aged blonde women chatting and goofing around in the back. It was Jill Sterkel, ...

By Phillip Whitten Dick Pound, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has been outspoken in his denunciation of doping in sport. So, too, have US Senators John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Jim Bunning (R., Ky.), who introduced legislatio...

With all the buzz over USA Swimming's Last Gold Documentary, Swimming World republished a rarely heard audio interview with Jack Nelson.  Nelson, was a major force in coaching the American women to gold over the East Germans in the 400 free relay at the 1976 Olympics.  He had a storied coaching care...

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 1. COMMENTS from around the world flooded into Swimming World Magazine after the posting of the exclusive article titled Shirley Babashoff Breaks 30-Year Silence on East Germany's 1976 Systematic Doping of Olympians The following are just some of the comments… Shirley is abso...

USA Swimming has announced a partnership with Tugg, Inc. to provide teams and individuals with increased opportunities to view "The Last Gold," a feature-length documentary on the 1976 women's Olympic team and how they rallied against the East Germans to win gold. Tugg allows individuals and swim te...

First Published in PHOENIX, Arizona January 3. THIS is an open letter asking FINA to recognize all victims during the DDR Olympic reign. Swimming World Magazine and SwimVortex.com are asking the swimming community worldwide to join in their request by SIGNING THE OPEN LETTER ONLINE. Dear FINA Board ...

Considered one of the greatest untold stories in Olympic Swimming history, The Last Gold, a feature-length documentary, will air on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) with limited commercial interruption, on Monday, August 1, at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT. Produced by USA Swimming, The Last Gold details the ...

By Steven V. Selthoffer BERLIN, Germany, July 10. STEVEN V. Selthoffer continues his two-part "The Winds of Change" series on SwimmingWorldMagazine.com as he addresses the anti-doping crusade. To read the first part, please click here. "When the going gets weird, the weird go pro." Jef D'Hont, retir...

The California Senate took a major step forward in recognizing the injustices of the 1976 Olympic Games where the East German women swimmers won all but one gold medal in the pool. Senate Resolution 88 urges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to address the wrong created by the East German pe...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 25. TWO Hall of Fame inductions highlight Friday's edition of The Morning Swim Show, one in water polo and the other in swimming To view this show click here. In the news segment, host Brent Rutemiller talks about USA Water Polo's move to a new headquarters in California, the...

PHOENIX - Today marks the 35th anniversary of the USA Hockey team's defeat of the Russian Hockey team at the 1980 Olympic Games as the miracle on ice.  Many believe that this was the greatest underdog Olympic moment in history.  We at Swimming World Magazine believe that the greatest upset of all ti...