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Swimming underwater is faster than swimming on the surface. Underwater swimming is not its own category in the Olympics, but in the 1988 Olympics several competitors swam much of the backstroke race underwater. After that, the Olympics created a rule that swimmers are only allowed to stay underwater for the first 10 meters (later changed to 15 ...
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Sri Lankan pair performing during the duet technical routine of synchronised swimming event, at Dr. S.P. Mukherjee Aquatics Complex, in New Delhi on October 06, 2010 Australia (3)
The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', [3] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [4] It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. [5] The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympic Games, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl ...
Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming.The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers after butterfly due to the importance of timing and the coordination required to move the legs properly.
But the battle over most medals at world events vs. most golds is what keeps the tension between the U.S. and Australia alive, and probably intensified in the years before the 2000 Sydney Olympic ...
The flutter kick in a front crawl. In swimming strokes such as the front crawl or backstroke, the primary purpose of the flutter kick in beginner and intermediate swimmers is not propulsion but keeping the legs up and in the shadow for the upper body and assisting body rotation for arm strokes.
IPC Swimming World Championships (Short Course), held once, 2009 IPC Swimming World Championships 25 m; World Deaf Swimming Championships; INAS World Swimming Championships; Commonwealth Games, included as part of the swimming program, since 2002; World Para Swimming European Championships
The face-down swimming position allows for a good range of motion of the arm in the water, as compared to the backstroke, where the hands cannot be moved easily along the back of the spine. The above-water recovery of the stroke reduces drag, compared to the underwater recovery of breaststroke .