Articles by Retta Race

Beyond The Lane Lines: Scottish Swimming, New Zealand Launch At-Home Resources

Catch up on lockdown news with Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Aimee Willmott, Scottish Swimming, Swimming New Zealand and more.

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Another Change For Daiya Seto As He Leaves Longtime Coach Umehara

Japanese swimming superstar Daiya Seto has experienced a string of life changes recently, with another one just announced.

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In His Backyard, World Champion Daiya Seto Starts Training Anew

Multi-world champion and Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto is embracing a new way to train for a home-based Olympic Games now set for July 2021.

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Freya Anderson Talks Move To Bath & Her Most Hated Dryland

Take a listen to what 19-year-old Freya Anderson has to say about her move to Bath and how she’s staying fit these days.

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U.S Olympic & Paralympic Committee Facing Cuts Of 20% From Tokyo Delay

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is facing financial cuts of up to 20% as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and its ripple effects.

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World Champion Daiya Seto Becomes Daddy To Daughter #2

25-year-old Japanese world champion and Olympic medalist Daiya Seto has announced via Instagram that his second daughter has been born.

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Anderson & Hibbott Among British Swimmers Making NTC Moves

Check out who is moving where within British Swimming now that the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japa have been postponed until July 2021.

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Adam Peaty Is Becoming A Father In September

Adam Peaty of Great Britain has revealed via social media that he will be a father by the time next year’s Summer Games roll around.

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Proposition Meets Reality As Chalmers Adds 100 Fly To Olympic Events

Remember that tantalizing proposition of a 100m fly showdown with Caeleb Dressel and Kyle Chalmers? It may just happen in Tokyo.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Aussie Pay Cuts, SEA Games Venues Repurposed

Catch up on news stories from around the swimming web, including a trio of Arizona Wildcats being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame.

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Aussies Gough & Graham Hanging Tough At Bond University Through Lockdown

Aussies Maddie Gough and Alexander Graham speak to the shake-ups that come from being student-athletes in the midst of lockdown.

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Olympic Silver Medalist Pieter Timmers To Retire At End of 2020

The silver medalist in the men’s 100m freestyle from the 2016 Olympic Games, Pieter Timmers of Belgium, has announced he will no longer be pursuing Tokyo.

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Murphy, Ledecky & King Help Launch USADA’s Virtual Drug-Testing Program

Athletes are trying out a new USADA virtual drug-testing program done at home. Lilly King and Katie Ledecky are among the program’s first participants.

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British Swimming Retains Core Open Water Olympic Swimming Qualification

British Swimming has published slight revisions to its open water (marathon) swimming selection policy for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Police Called As Scottish Swimming Video Workout ‘Zoom Bombed’

Scottish Swimming was set to conduct a special eWorkout this morning, using the Zoom video-conferencing app, but things took a dark direction.

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