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Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, [1] with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends swimming lessons for children from 1–4, along with other precautionary measures to prevent drowning. [4] In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its previous position in which it had disapproved of lessons before age 4, indicating that the evidence no longer supported an advisory against early swimming lessons.
Olympic Games, pool since 1896, open water since 2008, for example swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics [1] [2] [3]; Youth Olympic Games, since 2010, for example swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Here are the first-team members of The Oklahoman's 2024 All-City boys swimming squad. Cameron Sein, Deer Creek. Class: Senior Event: 50-yard freestyle The story: A standout sprinter, Sein’s best ...
Oct. 31—SYRACUSE — Watertown High School's Augusta Boomhower placed 11th overall in the Section 3 Interclass Diving Championships on Tuesday at Nottingham High School. Boomhower recorded 350. ...
While many of the Class 5-1A gold medalists from last Saturday’s Kansas high school girls swim and dive state championship meet were from the Wichita or Kansas City metropolitan areas, Vogt ...
Prior to July 1, people can complete recruiting questionnaires for schools they are interested in. The recruiting process for collegiate swimming often starts on 1 July following the athlete's junior year of high school. [19] That date marks the day that college coaches can contact athletes via phone to discuss possibly swimming for their team.
Aquatics (in the Olympic Games and other international competitions) is a set of the disciplines of swimming, diving, high diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. Subcategories