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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And yes Lindsay, it is definitely the case that submerging between the 15 meter marks during a freestyle event will get you disqualified. The rule is very clear.
Quite right...but you can swim *** as long as your head doesn't not submerge, no problem for us old-timers, and you swim it illegally for example with a dolphin kick.
So to add to Phil's rule phobia illegal breastroker, backstroke and or fly is legal fourth stroke as long as you don't break any of the free rules (submerged after 15 meter mark, pulling on lane line, pushing off the bottom, interfering with another swimmer etc).
The illegal backstroke can become a challenge since you have to move onto your stomach while not executing a turn.
And yes Lindsay, it is definitely the case that submerging between the 15 meter marks during a freestyle event will get you disqualified. The rule is very clear.
Quite right...but you can swim *** as long as your head doesn't not submerge, no problem for us old-timers, and you swim it illegally for example with a dolphin kick.
So to add to Phil's rule phobia illegal breastroker, backstroke and or fly is legal fourth stroke as long as you don't break any of the free rules (submerged after 15 meter mark, pulling on lane line, pushing off the bottom, interfering with another swimmer etc).
The illegal backstroke can become a challenge since you have to move onto your stomach while not executing a turn.
