Articles by Retta Race

China’s Sun Yang Reportedly Competing At Next Week’s Nationals

Asian media is reporting that Sun Yang is set to compete at next week’s Chinese Nationals which begin on Friday, April 30th.

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Gures Takes Down Own Turkish 100 Fly Record, Women’s 800 Free Relay Makes Mark

A men’s 100 butterfly record and a women’s 800 freestyle relay record went down in the nation of Turkey today, April 23rd.

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Faster Than Dressel, 16-Yr-Old Popovici Nails 49.09 100 Free Personal Best

Romanian 16-year-old David Popovici put on a freestyle show in Ukraine over the weekend, raining personal bests in the process.

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16-Yr-Old Tuncel Lowers Own Turkish 800 Free Record – 8:26.06

Teenager Merve Tuncel tore it up in her native Turkey tonight, registering a new 800m free national record en route to gold.

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High-Level International Meets For May 2021

Let’s dive on into another hectic month of Olympic-qualifying action, with May also including the European Championships.

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Robert Greenwood To Head Up Madrid National Training Center

The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) has appointed British coach Robert Greenwood as the new head coach of the Madrid National Training Center.

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Danish Swimming Federation Releases European C’ships Roster

50m freestyle Olympic champion Pernille Blume is among the Danish athletes nominated to the European Championships roster.

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2016 Olympic Finalist Sakiko Shimizu Announces Retirement

Sakiko Shimizu of Japan has revealed her decision to retire from competitive swimming at the age of 29. She finaled in the 400m IM in Rio.

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Mona McSharry Clocks 100 Breast Irish Record To Book Tokyo Ticket

Mona McSharry, who competes for the University of Tennessee stateside, lowered her own Irish record in the women’s 100 breast.

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Watch Beckmann’s Emotional Reaction To Making Danish OLY Team

The Danish Open continues at Taastrup Swimming Hall, with Emilie Beckmann reaching an Olympic Games-worthy time in the women’s 100m butterfly.

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Greene Gets It Done In 59.76 To Lower Own Irish 100 Breast Record

Darragh Greene lowered his own Irish national record in the men’s 100m breaststroke competing in the heats of these Irish National Team Selection Trials.

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Wiffen Whips Out 800 Free Irish Record En Route To Tokyo Qualification

Kicking off the Irish National Team Trials, 19-year-old Daniel Wiffen scored a new national record in the men’s 800m freestyle.

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Watch Duncan & Dean Tag Team 1:44’s At British Trials (Race Video)

The 2021 British Swimming Selection Trials ended on a higher-than-high note, as the fastest two British men’s 200m freestyle performances ever were waged.

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Ottesen Back In The Pool For Danish Open

Jeanette Ottesen, Signe Bro, Rasmus Nickelsen and more are competing this week in their native Denmark in pursuit of Olympic-qualifying marks.

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Duncan Scott & Tom Dean Dive Under British Record For #1 & #2 200 Free Times

Duncan Scott just lowered his own British record in the men’s 200m free en route to adding another Olympic event to his Tokyo lineup.

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