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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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seeding

Sports; Swimming

The fastest swimmers are put in the central lanes of the pool while the slowest swimmers are put in the outer ones lanes. The times come from the swimmers qualifying time.

short course

Sports; Swimming

Events that are held in 27-yard pools.

simultaneous strokes

Sports; Swimming

Examples of swimming strokes that use simultaneous strokes are: the butterfly and the breaststroke.

slow pool

Sports; Swimming

Opposite of a fast pool. This is a pool, which will not allow a swimmer to swim fast due to bad design or old technology.

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 ...

drafting

Sports; Swimming

Swimming behind another swimmer to exploit the lead swimmer's slipstream and reduce the drag. As a result, the swimmer behind the leader can reduce their energy expenditure to maintain a certain ...

sidestroke

Sports; Swimming

A swimming stroke where swimmers lie on their sides to swim across the water. For the sidestroke, the swimmers use their legs and one of their arms to propel themselves through the water while the ...

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