Articles by Retta Race

Honda Hits 1:53.33 200 Fly On Day One Of 2024 Kosuke Kitajima Cup

Olympic silver medalist Tomoru Honda started his 2024 year of racing off strongly, posting the 4th-fastest 200m fly time of his career.

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Kyle Chalmers & Bronte Campbell Post In-Season Markers At South Aussie States

Olympic multi-medalists Kyle Chalmers and Bronte Campbell headlined day one of the 2024 South Australian State Open Championships.

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Temple, Williamson, Stubblety-Cook Now Entered In South Aussie States

Matt Temple ripped a new Aussie and Oceanian Record in the 100m fly last month and will look to carry the speed into this week’s South Aussie States.

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Teenager Kirhan Yilmaz Making Waves For Nation Of Turkey

Teenager Kirhan Yilmaz has broken several Turkish age records and has eyes set on continuing his success with coach Reha Mazlum.

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Tom Dean Heads Up British Squad Bound For Flanders Swimming Cup

Olympic champion Tom Dean is among the British swimmers slated to race this weekend at the 2024 Flanders Swimming Cup in Belgium.

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Apostolos Christou Kicks Off 2024 With Multiple Golds In Athens

Greek Olympian Apostolos Christou raced in his native nation over the weekend, racking up a handful of golds to kick off the new year.

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Retired French Olympian Camille Lacourt Named Paris 2024 Torch Relay Captain

World Championships gold medalist Camille Lacourt of France has been named one of the torch relay captains for this summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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Chalmers Entered In 800 Free Once Again For South Aussie States

25-year-old Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers is entered in the 800m free for the 2024 South Aussie States kicking off next week.

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Schoenmaker, Sates & Coetze Appear On South Africa’s 2024 Worlds Roster

Olympic champion Tatjana Schoenmaker is set to represent her nation of South Africa at next month’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

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World University Games Medalist Shiho Matsumoto Steals Show At Tokyo New Year Meet

21-year-old Shiho Matsumoto became one of Japan’s fastest 200m IM and 100m butterfly performers all-time at the Tokyo New Year meet.

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Olympic Champion Yui Ohashi Takes Women’s 200 Free At Tokyo New Year Meet

Olympic champion Yui Ohashi took a break from her signature IM events to win the women’s 200m free on day one of the 2024 Tokyo New Year meet.

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Colombia Stripped Of 2027 Pan American Games Due To Contract Breaches

Barranquilla, Colombia was set to host the 2027 Pan American Games but has been stripped of the privilege due to breaches of contract.

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World Record Holder Ruta Meilutyte Heads Up Lithuanian World Championships Roster

World Record holder and Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte heads up the Lithuanian roster bound for Doha, Qatar for next month’s World Championships.

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Qin Haiyang & Zhang Yufei Missing From Chinese Roster For 2024 World Championships

After a busy racing year in 2023, World Record holder Qin Haiyang will not be competing at this year’s World Championships.

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2023 Swammy Awards: Asian Female Swimmer Of The Year – Zhang Yufei

The 2023 Swammy Award winner for Asian Female Swimmer of the Year is 25-year-old Olympic multi-medalist Zhang Yufei of China.

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