Articles by Retta Race

Gasson, Clareburt, Fairweather Seek OLY Qualification In Auckland

Yet another Olympic qualifying meet is taking place this month, with the Auckland Championships getting underway on Wednesday, December 9th.

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5 Spanish Swimmers Qualify For Tokyo 2020 At Castalia Castellón

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte qualified for her 4th Olympic Games, hitting qualification times in both the 800m and 1500m freestyle events over the weekend.

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Rotterdam Roundup: Dutch Olympic Qualifiers After Selection Phase 1

Take a look at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games individual qualifiers stemming from the Netherlands, with the 2nd phase of selection coming next year.

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Israel’s Polonsky Qualifies For Tokyo In 200 IM; Noe Ponti Hits Another PB

Israel’s Ron Polonsky matched the FINA ‘A’ qualifying time exactly needed for the postponed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

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Watanabe Beats Sato With 2:07.0 200 Breast Performance

The men’s 200 breaststroke at this non-selection Japan Swim was a battle to behold and a preview of next year’s Japanese Olympic Trials.

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Zamorano & Belmonte Head Up Open Castalia Day 2 Prelims

Mireia Belmonte already qualified for her 4th Olympic Games in the 1500m free but will look to add the 400m IM on day 2 in Castalia.

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World C’ships 200 Freestyle Medalist Matsumoto Rips 51.66 100 Fly

Katsuhiro (Katsuo) Matsumoto busted out the fastest 100 fly race of his life to take gold on the final day of the 2020 Japan Swim.

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Ever-Consistent Irie Hits 1:55 200 Back To Close Out Japan Swim

The 2020 Japan Swim concluded tonight in Tokyo but not before 30-year-old Ryosuke Irie put up another beautiful performance in the men’s 200m back.

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Toussaint Gets Under 59.0 For First Time (Updated with Video)

Dutch racer Kira Toussaint just keeps getting faster, nailing a new national record n the women’s 100 back this morning Rotterdam.

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Belmonte, Vall & Gonzalez Clear Olympic Qualifying Marks In Castellón

Check out the action from Castellón, where Mireia Belmonte, Jessica Vall and Hugo Gonzalez each made their marks on just day on2.

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Heemskerk Retains 100 Free Olympic Spot; Corbeau Hits 59.5 100 Breast

Read on to find out the 2020 Olympic implications of today’s swims at the Rotterdam Qualification Meet (RQM) in the Netherlands.

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Future Wolfpack Swimmer Noe Ponti Clocks 1:56.48 200 Fly Swiss Record

It was another big day for NC State commit Noe Ponti of Switzerland, as the 19-year-old fired off his 2nd national record in as many days.

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Belmonte Is In The Water At Spanish Olympic Qualifying Meet

Although absent from Team Iron for ISL season 2, Spanish Olympic champion Mireia Belmonte is racing this weekend in her home nation.

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2020 Japan Swim: Hagino Hits Untapered 1:57.67 200 IM

Directly off the ISL season, Kosuke Hagino posted a time of 1:57.67 to take his 2nd Japanese national title in Toky9o this weekend.

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Watch Arno Kamminga Become World’s 4th Fastest 200 Breaststroker

Yesterday Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands joined the 2:06 club of men’s 200m breaststrokers, just the 4th man ever to do so.

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