Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is a competitive and recreational water sport competed in individually or on a relay, however points can be scored for a team. Competitive swimming is seperated into several categories some in open water, others in a competition pool which can take place in a 25-yard 25-meter or 50-meter long pool. There are four competitive swimming strokes, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

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Starter

Sports; Swimming

The starter controls the race until the race starts. He along with the referee will determine if the start was legal.

Streamline

Sports; Swimming

The swimmers stretch out their body in the water as completely as possible to reduce water resistance.

Stroke judges

Sports; Swimming

There are four stroke judges and they make sure that a swimmer is using the correct stroke for the kind of race they are in, backstroke, breaststroke, etc. They also cheque to make sure that the ...

Straight arm

Sports; Swimming

This is a less effective swimming stroke then a bent arm stroke. Straight-arm stroke results in slower arm movements and is therefore less efficient.

Michael Phelps

Sports; Swimming

Olympic swimmmer (b. U.S.A. 1985).The most medalled Olympic athlete of all times. His first Olympic appearance was at the 2000 Sydney Games at the tender age of 15, making him the youngest athlete ...

Swimmer body shaving

Sports; Swimming

The removal of hairs as well as the thin layer of dead skin cells that coat the outer layer of the epidermis to make a swimmer's body more aerodynamic in the water. Full body shaving before a ...