competitive swimming
Timed lane races
Competitive swimming is racing in a pool or open water, with swimmers competing against each other or the clock across standardized distances and strokes.
Events are organized by stroke—freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly—and by distance, from sprints to distance races.
She did competitive swimming through college.
- flip turnAquatic wall reversal technique
- backstrokeSupine aquatic locomotion
- taperingProgressive decrease in width
- gogglesSealed protective eyewear
- dolphin kickUndulating leg swimming technique
touch the wall · freestyle · relay races · touchpad · sculling · interval training · swim cap · race pace · butterfly · kickboard · starting blocks · paddles · national records · anchor · individual medley · stopwatch · resistance training · swim meets
- swimmingswim team, swim teams, swim coach, swim coaches, swim meet
- water sportssurfing, surfer, diving, diver, rowing
- pool activitieslaps, pool laps, floating, treading water, diving board
- swim trainingswim lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps, swim strokes
- swimming historyswim strokes, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly stroke
- Olympic Sportsathletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing
competitive swimmingfloating
Staying atop liquid
wading · treading water · soaking · bobbing
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