Articles by Retta Race

Lionel Khoo & Roanne Ho Rock Breaststroke National Records In Singapore

Lionel Khoo and Roanne Ho each broke national Singaporean records while competing in front of their home crowd at OCBC Aquatic Centre over the weekend.

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Sun Yang Gunning For 800 Gold In Tokyo, Looking To Continue To 2020

“I enjoy it because hard work makes me satisfied,” says multi-Olympic champion Sun Yang on his current training regimen.

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Two-Time World Champion Filippo Magnini Of Italy Retires At Age 35

Two-time 100m freestyle world champion Filippo Magnini of Italy has announced his retirement from competitive swimming at the age of 35.

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Swimming WA Enacts New Tech Suit Policy For Young Swimmers

Swimming West Australia (Swimming WA) is the latest organization to enact a tech suit policy for its young athletes.

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FINA Awards Sun Yang With ‘Swimming Popularity’ Award

During the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Gala in Sanya, China, Sun Yang earned honors for his ‘outsanding contribution to swimming popularity in China.’

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Bronte Campbell Holding Body Together Until Gold Coast 2018

Aussie speedster Bronte Campbell raced her way through several stops of the FINA World Cup that just concluded last month, but it’s clear the 23-year-old Olympian is physically hurting

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Beyond The Lane Lines: GOAT, Pellegrini, Sjostrom & The ‘Swim Reaper’

News on Michael Phelps, Federica Pellegrini, Sarah Sjostrom and more are found in this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines.

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Adam Peaty Among 12 Nominees For BBC Sport’s Personality Of The Year

Olympic champion and world record holder Adam Peaty has been announced as a nominee for BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year 2017.

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Mireia Belmonte Leads 10-Member Spanish Squad For Copenhagen

Now that the Spanish Short Course Winter Championships have concluded in Barcelona, the Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN) has announced its 10-strong roster of athletes for this December’s European Short Course Championships.

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Belmonte Makes Presence Known On Final Day In Barcelona

The 61st Spanish Winter Short Course National Championships in Barcelona wrapped up with multi-national record holder and Olympic champion Mireia Belmonte making an appearance in two individual finals.

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Watch Michael Andrew’s 51.65 100 IM (SC) World Junior Record

Watch Michael Andrew’s 51.65 100 IM World Junior Record from Singapore.

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Mona McSharry & Shane Ryan Earn Irish Performance Athletes Of The Year

Two of Ireland’s brightest swimming stars were among those honored at last night’s Swim Ireland Annual Awards.

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Belmonte’s Coach Fred Vergnoux Staying Put In Spain

Fred Vergnoux, Head Coach of the Spanish Swimming Federation (RFEN), may be staying put in Mireia Belmonte’s home country after all.

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Sanchez & Zamorano Wrangle Up 2 Wins Apiece In Barcelona

Day 3 of the 61st Spanish Winter Short Course National Championships continued in Barcelona with the meet’s standout swimmers Marc Sanchez and Africa Zamorano continuing to make a statement.

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Vall & Sanchez Continue Cruising To Gold In Barcelona

Both Jessica Vall and Marc Sanchez racked up more wins on day 2 of the 61st Spanish Winter Short Course National Championships on Friday in Barcelona.

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