Articles by Retta Race

Olympic Rings Monument Returns To Tokyo Bay

After a nearly 4-month hiatus, the iconic Olympic rings monument has been reinstalled in Tokyo Bay to signal the postponed Games are drawing nearer.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Schooling Has His Own App

Check out this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines, with aquatic superstars Duncan Scott and Joseph Schooling both featured in this edition.

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Kromo, Heemskerk, Kamminga Head To Rotterdam OLY Qualifier

The stage is nearly set for the 2020 Rotterdam Qualification Meet (RQM), with Dutch, Swiss, Israeli, Belgian, Austrian and other nations racing for Tokyo.

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The Official ISL Season 2 Crossword Puzzle Is Here

Let’s do this! Put your International Swimming League (ISL) season 2 knowledge to the ultimate test with the official SwimSwam crossword puzzle.

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Cate Campbell Snags 50 Free Victory To Close Out Aussie Virtuals

In a stacked women’s 50m free final down under, Olympian Cate Campbell roared to the wall first, touching in a mark of 23.68.

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Turkish Teen Duo Makes Waves In Mersin

Competing at a meet in their native Turkey, teenagers Mustafa Kaan Serdar and Atakan Malgil made some waves across several long course events.

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Para Swimming World Records Fall At Aussie Virtual C’ships

In addition to top swims from able-bodied swimmers at the 2020 Australian Virtual SC C’ships, the para-swimming set also did major damage along the way.

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16-Year-Old O’Callaghan Lowers Own Aussie 50 Back Age Record

Competing at one of the 5 virtual locations of the Australian SC National Championships Mollie O’Callaghan snapped off a time of 26.31 in the 50m back

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Matthew Temple Joins 49-Second Club In Men’s SCM 100 Fly

Australia’s ever-improving Matthew Temple produced his first 100m fly under the 50-second mark to become his nation’s 2nd fastest swimmer all-time.

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Mom-Trained Pallister Hits SCM 1500 Free Aussie Record

18-year-old Lani Pallister clocked a new national record in the women’s 1500m freestyle at the 2020 Australian Virtual SC Championships.

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16-Year-Old O’Callaghan Hits 52.48 SCM 100 Free Aussie Age Record

Although she finished off the podium in the women’s 100m freestyle, 16-year-old Mollie O’Callaghan made her presence known in a big way.

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Ariarne Titmus Puts Up World’s 6th-Ever Fastest SCM 400 Free

Already the World Record holder in the event, 20-year-old Aussie Ariarne Titmus produced the 6th fastest performance all-time in the women’s 400m free.

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Aussie Teen Sam Short Hits 7:38.97 SCM 800 Free Age Record

17-year-old Aussie Sam Short busted out the 800m free swim of his life, registering a time of 7:38.97 to take the short course national title.

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Wilson Downs Longstanding Sprenger 100 Breast Aussie Record

Matt Wilson took a hunk of time off of the previous 100 breast Aussie record held by Olympian Christian Sprenger for 7 years.

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Kaylee McKeown Nails Aussie Record In 200 IM, 2nd Fastest Performer Ever

Kaylee McKeown is on-fire, following up her 200 back World Record with an Aussie standard in the women’s 200 IM in Brisbane.

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