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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1) In a 15 meters, I think equals 12.5 feet? or vice-aversa.
2) I think that the history is that the first IM was swam in Manchester. then other languages translated it into their own language. It could only come about when *** & fly were totally seperated.
3) Why would you want to submerge your head during a freestyle race. It wousl slow you down so much.
4) My mom used to swim all of her back stroke with a two legged kick. She learned to swim in the late 1920's. As far as I know she was never dq'ed. Should she have been?
1) In a 15 meters, I think equals 12.5 feet? or vice-aversa.
2) I think that the history is that the first IM was swam in Manchester. then other languages translated it into their own language. It could only come about when *** & fly were totally seperated.
3) Why would you want to submerge your head during a freestyle race. It wousl slow you down so much.
4) My mom used to swim all of her back stroke with a two legged kick. She learned to swim in the late 1920's. As far as I know she was never dq'ed. Should she have been?
