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Using the arms or legs to exert a downward pressure, the subject raises himself sufficiently so that the mouth is above the surface and a breath is taken, before dropping back into the relaxed float. This is done several times a minute (typically between 5 and 10), depending upon the needs of the individual.
To an untrained observer, it may not be obvious that a drowning person is in distress. The victim may appear to be swimming safely, but the victim is actually within 20–60 seconds of sinking under the surface and thus dying. [3] They extend their arms laterally and press down on the water's surface in order to lift their mouth out of the water.
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In 2004 Zheng took up the sport of Swimming and in 2010 he made his international swimming debut when Zheng represented China at the World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. [1] Zheng competed in his first Paralympic Games at the 2012 London Paralympics, where he won the gold medal in a close race in the 100m backstroke S6 final. [2]
S6 swimmers with spinal cord injuries tend to be complete paraplegics with lesions below T9 to L1 and where their leg function does not assist them in swimming. S6 swimmers of this type have effect arm cycling and can use their hands and fingers to gain propulsion during the catch phase.
They normally swim the backstroke using a double arm technique. They start in the water with assistance for initial propulsion. [32] [33] For swimming with the most severe disabilities at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, floating devices and a swimming coach in the water swimming next to the Paralympic competitor were allowed. [34]
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