Yeah, but you're allowed to be UW SDK-ing for 15 meters in freestyle. It shouldn't make any difference whether you're SDK-ing on your belly, side or back and there's no "past vertical" rule in freestyle like the other strokes. The only "stroke" he took was freestyle.
Here's the wording of the rule: "in individual medley or medley relay events, freestyle means any style other than backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly"
So the question is: does underwater kicking past the vertical toward your back count as backstroke? I think the answer is "no," but it's certainly a little hazy.
Yeah, but you're allowed to be UW SDK-ing for 15 meters in freestyle. It shouldn't make any difference whether you're SDK-ing on your belly, side or back and there's no "past vertical" rule in freestyle like the other strokes. The only "stroke" he took was freestyle.
Here's the wording of the rule: "in individual medley or medley relay events, freestyle means any style other than backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly"
So the question is: does underwater kicking past the vertical toward your back count as backstroke? I think the answer is "no," but it's certainly a little hazy.
