Articles by Retta Race

Storied Coach Norimasa Hirai Suspended Six Months By Japanese Swimming Federation

Today multi-Olympic coach Norimasa Hirai has been handed a six-month suspension by the Japanese Swimming Federation (JASF).

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2023 World Junior Championships Day Two: Swims You Might’ve Missed

Maximus Williamson of the United States put up his second sub-48 second freestyle leg in as many days at the World Junior Championships.

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The United States Claim Four Golds To Maintain World Juniors Medal Table Lead

Joshua Chen of the United States topped the boys’ 100m breaststroke podium to help his team maintain its World Juniors medal table lead.

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Adam Peaty And Luke Greenbank Involved In Training Altercation

Olympic champion and World Record holder Adam Peaty reportedly got into a fight with fellow British Olympic teammate Luke Greenbank.

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2023 World Junior Championships Day One: Swims You Might’ve Missed

Catch up on a few of the exciting swims you may have missed on day one of the 2023 World Junior Championships taking place in Israel.

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Leah Hayes Leads The United States To Top Of World Juniors Medal Table Through Day One

Leah Hayes of the United States topped the girls’ 400m IM podium, then raced on the girls’ 4x200m free relay to capture two golds in Israel.

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Swimming Australia President Michelle Gallen To Vacate Role This Month

Michelle Gallen is leaving her post, which means Swimming Australia will be looking for its fifth President in just the last three years.

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Kristof Milak: “I’m Back”, Ready For World Cup, Paris 2024 And Beyond

After pulling out of this year’s World Championships, Olympic gold medalist Kristof Milak says he’s back, hungry and ready to go for Paris 2024 and beyond.

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Bronte Campbell Takes Double Freestyle Gold Down Under

Multi-Olympic medalist Bronte Campbell of Australia took the 50m and 100m freestyle gold medals at this weekend’s New South Wales State Age SC Championships.

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Hiroshita Natsuki Becomes Japan’s 4th-Fastest 100 Fly Performer At Inter-College Meet

Hiroshita Natsuki clocked a time of 57.69 to take the women’s 100m fly at the 2023 Japan Inter-College Championships which wrapped up tonight from Tokyo.

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So Ogata Takes 200 IM On Day 3 Of Japan Inter-College Championships

So Ogata, Tomoru Honda and Miyu Namba were among the racers in the pool on day three of the Japan Inter-College Championships.

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Tomoru Honda Clocks 1:53.76 200 Fly At Japan Inter-College Championships

Olympic silver medalist Tomoru Honda ripped a winning time of 1:53.76 in the 200m fly at the 2023 Japan Inter-College Championships.

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So Ogata Tops Tomoru Honda To Kick Off Japan Inter-College Championships

Tomoru Honda settled for silver in the men’s 400m IM on opening night of Japan’s Inter-College Championships competition.

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High-Level International Meets For September 2023

Daniel Diehl will be among the United States swimmers headed to Netanya, Israel for the 2023 World Junior Championships.

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Official SwimSwam 2023 World Championships Crossword

The 2023 World Championships may be over but you can test your knowledge (and fandom) with SwimSwam’s official crossword puzzle.

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