Articles by Retta Race

Irish Swimmers Complete Record-Breaking Siege, Knocking Down 54 Marks In All

Danielle Hill was a big part of Ireland’s overhaul of the swimming record books on both the senior and junior level over the past 2 weeks.

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Stubblety-Cook Gets Under 1:00 In 100 Breast For First Time Ever

Aussie Zac Stubblety-Cook is keeping the good times rolling in Brisbane, adding the 100m gold to his dynamite 200m breast performance from last night.

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15-Year-Old Elizabeth Dekkers Clocks 2:08.51 LCM 200 Fly At QLD C’ships

15-year-old Elizabeth Dekkers crushed a huge 2:08.51 200 fly time to take the age group Queensland title at the state’s championships.

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Murdoch Completes Breast Sweep, Szaranek Puts Up 200 IM Personal Best

Former Florida Gator Mark Szaranek took the 200m IM tonight in Edinburgh to wrap up a successful Scottish Short Course Open Championships.

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Femke Heemskerk Qualifies For Tokyo In 50 & 100 Free From Amsterdam Cup

On the right trajectory, Dutch Olympian Femke Heemskerk notched 2 times good enough to etch her name onto the Netherlands’ roster for Tokyo 2020.

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Spanish Cal Bear Hugo Gonzalez Qualifies For 2020 Olympic Games In 200 IM

Cal Bear Hugo Gonzalez of Spain successfully qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, taking the men’s 200m IM in Amsterdam.

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2019 KZNA Provincial Championships: Calvyn Justus Among Entrants

South Africa’s Calvyn Justus, who trains under Dave Salo stateside, is set to race this week at the KZNA Premier Provincial Championships.

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Yui Ohashi Throws Down 4:32.57 400 IM At QLD C’shps

Visiting Japanese swimmer Yui Ohashi turned heads in Brisbane, clocking a winning 400m IM time of 4:32.57 at QLD Championships.

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Aussie Stubblety-Cook Becomes 7th Fastest 200 Breast Performer All-Time

Australian Matt Wilson made waves with a temporary World Record in Gwangju, but now it’s Zac Stubblety-Cook who is moving on up the 200m breast food chain.

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Murdoch Makes A Move With 100 Breast National Record At Scottish SC C’ships

Ross Murdoch is continuing his hot streak of Scottish records, lowering his own 100m mark set at last week’s European Short Course Championships.

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Rapsys & Guy Battle To The Wall In Men’s 200 Free At Lausanne Cup

Great Britain’s James Guy got silver in the men’s 200m free tonight, giving Lithuanian European Short Course Champion Danas Rapsys a run for his money.

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Belmonte Races 400 IM, 400 Free & 200 Fly In Under An Hour In Amsterdam

After qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in the 1500m free last night, Mireia Belmonte raced 3 grueling events consecutively in Amsterdam.

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On-Fire Kamminga Lowers Dutch Record In LCM 100 Breast To 58.65

Two-time European Short Course Champion Arno Kamminga just lowered his own Dutch national record in the 100 breast en route to qualifying for Tokyo.

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Ajna Kesely Knocks Down Hosszu’s 1500 Free Hungarian Record To Close Out Nats

Teenage Ajna Kesely followed up her 800m free silver from Glasgow with a national record in the 1500m free at Hungarian SC Championships.

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McEvoy, Winnington & Lewis In Action On Relay Day Of Queensland C’ships

Teenagers like Mollie O’Callaghan and Thomas Neill mixed with the likes of Cameron McEvoy and Clyde Lewis for relays on day 1 of QLD Championships.

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