I asked this in another thread but got no reply:
SW 5.3 Some part of the swimmer must break the surface of the water throughout the race, except it shall be permissible for the swimmer to be completely submerged during the turn and for a distance of not more than 15 metres after the start and each turn. By that point, the head must have broken the surface.
Is modern wave breaststroke, which can involve periods of being completely submerged in each stroke cycle, legal freestyle? Or does it violate "Some part of the swimmer must break the surface throughout the race"? Some people's butterfly might also break this rule.
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Originally posted by Phil Arcuni
Third least favorite - In the IM, the freestyle is any stroke other than the first three. Why should that be? Why not swim your fastest stroke? Or, if I swim breastroke illegally (say, dolphin off my turn) does that mean I can swim it during the freestyle leg?
Pure conjecture but the French phrase for Individual Medley translates to English as roughly four strokes, so the original intent may have been the four stroke event, so repeating one of the three required strokes would make it three strokes instead of four. Like I said, pure conjecture.
It's interesting to hear that people have actually been disqualified for swimming legal breaststroke as freestyle. Someone should propose a rule change. I bet it was an oversight that they didn't change the freestyle rules when they changed the breaststroke rules.
Originally posted by Phil Arcuni
Third least favorite - In the IM, the freestyle is any stroke other than the first three. Why should that be? Why not swim your fastest stroke? Or, if I swim breastroke illegally (say, dolphin off my turn) does that mean I can swim it during the freestyle leg?
Pure conjecture but the French phrase for Individual Medley translates to English as roughly four strokes, so the original intent may have been the four stroke event, so repeating one of the three required strokes would make it three strokes instead of four. Like I said, pure conjecture.
It's interesting to hear that people have actually been disqualified for swimming legal breaststroke as freestyle. Someone should propose a rule change. I bet it was an oversight that they didn't change the freestyle rules when they changed the breaststroke rules.
