Butterfly became an independent stroke and made its Olympic debut at the 1956 Melbourne Games. The stroke is contested over distances of 100m and 200m. In swimming, the term “medley” refers to events ...

This innovation is particularly helpful to backstrokers, who used to go "sun blind" while swimming outdoors. Gravity wave ... an event in which the swimmer uses all four competitive strokes in the ...

You will swim butterfly well if you breathe every two strokes as this will keep you more streamlined. Try keeping your head down for one arm pull and then breathing on the next arm pull. Keep this ...

She took sixth in the 100 backstroke at 1:08.17 and part of the fifth-place 400 freestyle relay (4:22.65) and fifth-place 200 ...

You need to keep your head in the water all of the time, except when you need to breathe in. If you lift your head up at other times it will be almost impossible to get your arms over the water. The ...

The USI men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams were victorious in their home opener against Valparaiso Thursday. The ...

In all races swimmers must strike a pressure pad at the end of their lane to stop the clock. The technical rules of swimming are designed to provide fair conditions of competition and to promote ...

She also competed in other events, including the individual medley and butterfly. Maruyama didn’t start swimming competitively until she was well into adulthood, but she has always been ...

Cloud Cathedral/ROCORI/Becker combined team headlined the performance of area athletes at the 2024 state high school swimming meets ... record in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 46.94 ...

The Whanganui Swimming Club team was small but mighty at the Wellington Junior Champs. This year swimmers aged 12 and under ...

Most of the time, only four lanes are available for lap swim. Today I dip down, knee to concrete, and ask someone if I can share a lane with them. An older woman pops up and rips off her swim cap ...

The record came courtesy of two-time All-American diver Kaelyn Katchuk of Owego Free Academy, whose score of 612.85 points ...