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Leander swimming across the Hellespont. Detail from a painting by Bernard Picart. Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. In 1578, Nikolaus Wynmann, a German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book.
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
Category for the history of swimming. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. C. Swimming controversies (8 P) D.
Canadian swimming prodigy Summer McIntosh tells CNN’s Amanda Davies what the secrets and keys are to the success which has seen her win three Olympic golds in Paris.
Swimming requires endurance, skill, and efficient techniques to maximize speed and minimize energy consumption. [1] Swimming is a popular activity and competitive sport where certain techniques are deployed to move through water. It offers numerous health benefits, such as strengthened cardiovascular health, muscle strength, and increased ...
The fresh-faced teen would go on to become a four-time world champion and 400m individual medley world record holder. Paris was, therefore, primed for the teen to make the step up from prodigy to ...
Now she's swimming for herself. Callie Lawson-Freeman. Updated February 28, 2023 at 9:41 PM (Moe Haidar/Yahoo Sports) (Yahoo Sports) February marks the celebration of Black History Month.
Members of the Brighton Swimming Club, in their top hats and swim trunks, 1863 1870s American bathing suit for women, made of wool and covering arms and legs Bathing women, circa 1870 Man and woman in swimsuits, c. 1910; she is exiting a bathing machine. The English practice of men swimming in the nude was banned in the United Kingdom in 1860.