This question has come up offline so I thought I'd post the question to find out the rule about this transitional turn between the IM's back and *** since I no longer do IMs.
Years ago, a flip turn between back and *** was allowed; it was not the new "freestyle" back turn, a swimmer could touch the wall in backstroke, and then flip over to enter the breastroke. Now I believe more swimmers are backstroking into the wall and open turning into the breaststroke portion of the IM.
For all of you Im'ers out there, what is now legal: both turns or does a swimmer have to do an "open turn"?
Donna
The rule is that you must finish each stroke in an IM as you would if the race was ending there. SO you have to finish on your back with one hand touching then you can flip, do the "old school" spin turn OR do an open turn.
The rule is that you must finish each stroke in an IM as you would if the race was ending there. SO you have to finish on your back with one hand touching then you can flip, do the "old school" spin turn OR do an open turn.
