Articles by Retta Race

Gorbenko Clocks 2:05.98 200 IM For Israeli, Euro Junior Record

Israel’s versatile 17-year-old Anastasia Gorbenko is getting it done in Budapest, producing her best 200m IM time of the season.

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Gasson Gets New Zealand’s First-Ever Sub-58 100 Backstroke

New Zealand’s Helena Gasson has been making waves on her nation’s record board in Budapest as a member of the LA Current ISL team.

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Levterov Completes Backstroke Trifecta To Close Out Burgas

The 2020 Grand Prix Burgas wrapped up today with a host of Bulgarians closing the door on a record-breaking weekend on both the men’s and women’s sides.

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Ippei Watanabe Shakes Off Cobwebs With 200 Breast Win At Home

Not competing in the ISL, former 200m breaststroke World Record holder Ippei Watanabe reaped gold tonight in his specialty event.

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17-Year-Old Levterov Rips 1:56.6 LCM 200 Back To Qualify For Tokyo

Take note of the name of Kaloyan Levterov, as the 17-year-old Bulgarian is making exponential improvements in the 200m backstroke.

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Nakamura To Add London Roar Relay Power For ISL Semi-Finals

Another teammate will be joining the Roar, as Japan’s Katsumi Nakamura has confirmed to SwimSwam he is headed to Budapest on Tuesday.

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Tekada Now Makes 3 JPN Swimmers In Top 5 200 Flyers This Season

World University Games medalist Takumi Terada was near his lifetime best today to enter the men’s 200 fly world rankings.

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Ippei Watanabe Looks To Answer ISL Breaststrokers At Home

Japan’s Ippei Watanabe has seen Belarus’ Ilya Shymanovich, Great Britain’s Adam Peaty and Germany’s Marco Koch get work done in the breaststroke in the ISL

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Olympian Pieter Timmers Follows Through On Planned Retirement

Olympic silver medalist from Rio Pieter Timmers of Belgium says goodbye to competitive racing , hanging up his goggles from Budapest today.

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2020 ISL Match #8 – Day 2 Live Recap

Lilly King is undefeated in the International Swimming League (ISL) and she’ll have the chance to extend that streak with breaststroke skins today.

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DC Trident Are First Team Eliminated from ISL Semi-Finals After Week #4

The semi-final lineup is shaping up heading into the final week of regular season ISL action. Barring a breakthrough from Aqua, the 8 teams that will advance are set.

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Iron’s Sakci Joins 55-Club, Becomes 4th Fastest SCM 100 Breaststroker

Iron’s Emre Sakci has proven he is a formidable force in the breaststroke sprints, clocking a new Turkish record in a sub-56 100 breast.

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Shymanovich Slices .01 Off 100 Breast European Record

On-fire Ilya Shymanovich of Energy Standard found a way to slice .01 off of his own 100 breast European Record during ISL match #7.

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2020 ISL Match 8 – Day 1 Live Recap

Caeleb Dressel and his Cali Condors take on the Tokyo Frog Kings, NY Breakers and London Roar for ISL Match #8 here in Budapest.

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England’s Lockdown #2 Means Only Elite-Level Swimming

England’s aquatic athletes are now facing a second lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Learn the details of the situation here.

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