Articles by Retta Race

Kosuke Matsui Digs Deep For 21.88 50 Free On JPN Festival Day 2

Kosuke Matsui nailed a new PB in the men’s 50m freestyle, hitting 21.88 for a new meet record on the Niigata men’s 4x50m free relay.

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Horton No-Shows 800 Free But Steers MVC To Relay Gold At Vic Open

Mack Horton was set to race the 800 free but wound up not swimming the event at the Vic Open. Gabriella Peiniger did more damage to Aussie Age Records.

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Sunama Tops Hagino, Ohashi Gets Double Gold On Night 1 Of JPN Sports Festival

World Championships medalist Yui Ohashi walked away with 2 gold medals on just the first day of Japan Sports Festival competition.

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17-Year-Old Peiniger Beats Seebohm’s 200 IM Aussie Age Record

17-year-old Gabriella Peiniger busted out 3 powerful performances on day 1 of the 2019 Vic Open, taking the 200m IM, 200m free and 50m fly.

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International Swimming League Roster Refresh

With the technical details of the ISL’s inaugural season now disclosed, refresh yourself on each of the eight squads’ stacked rosters.

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Beyond The Lane Lines: Jamieson Gives Back, New Victorian OW Series

Check out the latest edition of Beyond the Lane Lines, featuring Tokyo 2020 news, an update on Michael Jamieson’s MJ Swim Academy and more.

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Team GB’s Only Black Swimmer Alice Dearing Catches Up With Ed Accura #BCStheCONVO

Alice Dearing recently spoke with Ed Accura, the man behind the film entitled Blacks Can’t Swim, about her experience as the only black swimmer on Team GB.

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Kosuke Hagino Continues Comeback With National Sports Festival

In just his 2nd meet appearance in more than 6 months, Olympic champion Kosuke Hagino is set to compete at this weekend’s National Sports Festival in Japan.

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Horton Set To Make Post-World C’ships Debut At Vic Open

Mack Horton is listed among the entrants for this weekend’s Victorian Open, a 2-day meet kicking off on Saturday, September 14th.

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Ishikawa’s 51.1 100 Fly PB Fueled By Rikako Ikee Cheering From Stands

The 2019 Japanese Student Swimming Championships wrapped up on Sunday, but not before a very special guest made an appearance in the stands.

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Australia’s 7 Network Secures ISL Inaugural Season Broadcast Rights

Australia’s Channel 7 revealed it has secured exclusive rights to broadcast the inaugural International Swimming League (ISL) season.

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Spanish Swimming Federation Releases Short Course European C’ships Criteria

Jessica Vall was Spain’s sole medalist at the 2017 Short Course European Championships. She will be vying for another shot this time around in Glasgow.

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World University Games Medalists Highlight Final Night Of JPN Student C’ships

Shoma Sato, Waka Kobori and more highlight the final night of competition at the 2019 Japanese Student Swimming Championships.

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Ben Roberts Closes Out Western Aussie States With 800 Free PB

The 2019 Western Australia State Open & Age Short Course Championships wrapped tonight with Ben Roberts taking his 3rd individual gold.

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Ferreira Clinches 100 Free Title At José Finkel Trophy

At the Jose Finkel this weekend, Pan Pacific Championships relay medalist Marco Ferreria earned 100m free gold in a time of 48.48.

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