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* FREESTYLE
* BREAST STROKE
* BACKSTROKE
* BUTTERFLY
FREESTYLE
Freestyle swimming implies the freedom to choose any stroke
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style for competitive swimming. This style is generally the
fastest.
BACKSTROKE
is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events
regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back.
This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the
disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going.
BREASTSTROKE
is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and
the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to
the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time,
and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds.
BUTTERFLY
is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving
symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the
"dolphin kick").
Individual medley consists of a
single swimmer swimming
equal distances of four
different strokes within one
race.
Individual medley consists of four strokes.
The swimmer will swim one quarter of the
race in each style, in a certain order. The
strokes are swum in this order:
Butterfly
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Freestyle (this can be any stroke except the
butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke; most
swimmers use the front crawl)
Medley relay consists of four
different swimmers in
one relay race, each
swimming one of the four
strokes.
Medley relay is swum by four different swimmers,
each swimming one of the four strokes.