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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.usms.org/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Race question??</title><link>https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/10241/race-question</link><description>I feel like I should know this but one of my friends wants to swim in a usms meet and she does not flip at the wall. Does she have to flip in a freestyle race?? She is not going for time just to say she did it.
 
Thanks</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Race question??</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/169877?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 10:20:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:ec733d6d-b49b-4b9f-afc7-1cfe6bb1e1cd</guid><dc:creator>BrandonNE</dc:creator><description>No. All she has to do is touch the wall. Rulebook:
 
Thanks&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Race question??</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/169869?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 08:27:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:46e1e001-0591-483d-9104-f62ec0ce7a8a</guid><dc:creator>gdanner</dc:creator><description>Does she have to flip in a freestyle race??

No. All she has to do is touch the wall. Rulebook:

101.5 Freestyle

101.5.3 Turns—Upon completion of each length, the swimmer must touch the wall.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>