Articles by Retta Race

Le Clos, Van Der Burgh, Tandy Book Tickets To SC Worlds

South African stars Cameron van der Burgh, Chad Le Clos and Brad Tandy were all in the Durban pool collecting qualification times for Short Course World Championships.

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2018 South African SC C’ships: Le Clos Cruises, Gallagher Snags Record

Chad Le Clos is making things happen in the short course pool at South African Nationals this weekend.

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Russia Takes LEN Trophy At 2018 Euros, But Italy Was Strong Runner-Up

The nation of Russia won both the overall medal count and the LEN Trophy based on FINA points at this year’s European Championships.

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Russia Snags Highest Overall Medal Count At 2018 European C’ships

Russia’s Kliment Kolesnikov helped give his nation 6 medals between his individual and relay performances at the 2018 European Championships.

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2018 Euros: Kesely Clocks 2nd European Junior Record w/ 400 Silver

16-year-old Ajna Kesely raced her way to a silver medal behind Italy’s distance ace Simona Quadarella in tonight’s 400m freestyle event in Glasgow. 

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2018 Euros: Panziera Takes Down Egerszegi’s 2Back Euro C’ships Record

Immediately after Italian big gun Piero Codia notched a new European Championships and Italian National Record in the men’s 100m fly (50.64), teammate Margherita Panziera earned the same set of records for herself. 

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2018 Euros: Sjostrom Wins 50 Fly With Injured Thumb

Swedish speedster Sarah Sjostrom collected her 4th gold of these European Championships, even with an injured thumb.

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2018 Pan Pacs: Kiwi Kid Lewis Clareburt Lowers Own 400 IM Nat Record

Although he finished off the podium, young star Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand still made his mark on the men’s 400m IM on day 1 of the Pan Pacific Championships.

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Follow The 2018 Japan Pan Pacs Team On Social Media

Find links to the Twitter and Instagram accounts of the 2018 Japanese Pan Pacific Championships team.

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2018 Euros: Russia Remains Atop Medal Table Through Day 6

Evgeny Rylov’s gold tonight in Glasgow helped the nation of Russia maintain its lead in the medal table.

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2018 Euros: Ben Proud Cracks Textile World Record 50 Free (21.11)

Ben Proud just threw down a 50m freestyle time of 21.11 to log the 5th fastest performance ever and the fastest since 2009.

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2018 Euros: Imogen Clark Lowers Own 50 Breast National Record

Imogen Clark got it done in the women’s 50m breaststroke to move into tomorrow night’s final in a new British National Record.

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2018 Euros: Peaty Busts Meet Record With 3rd Fastest 50 Br Time Ever

GBR’s Adam Peaty owned the men’s 50m breaststroke yet again, firing off a new meet record for gold in Glasgow.

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2018 Euros: Vergani Produces 21.37 50 Free Italian National Record

Italy’s Andrea Vergani is chasing Britain’s Ben Proud, but breaking records in the process.

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Smile! Tokyo 2020 Confirms Use Of Facial Recognition Software

Smile! Facial recognition software is confirmed for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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