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
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There are several videos of the back-*** turn that might make it easier to make out what is going on than the Phelps video. The underwater ones in particular:
youtube.com/profile_videos
Is there any way to view videos from youtube frame by frame or in slow motion?
There are several videos of the back-*** turn that might make it easier to make out what is going on than the Phelps video. The underwater ones in particular:
youtube.com/profile_videos
Is there any way to view videos from youtube frame by frame or in slow motion?
