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IPC Swimming World Championships (Short Course), held once, 2009 IPC Swimming World Championships 25 m; World Deaf Swimming Championships; INAS World Swimming Championships; Commonwealth Games, included as part of the swimming program, since 2002; World Para Swimming European Championships
Common swimming pool dimensions are 25-yard, 25-meter, and 50-meter. The Olympic-size swimming pool is specified solely in meters. High schools and the NCAA conduct 25-yard competitions. USA Swimming (USA-S) swims in both metric and non-metric pools. [citation needed] In the game of Ultimate, the size and weight of flying discs used in ...
The world record in the men's 50 yards freestyle is not an official record ratified by World Aquatics (previously FINA), which only recognizes records set in meters. . Practically, the unofficial world record is now limited today to swimmers competing in the United States, as short course races in yards are only currently used for record keeping in the Unit
The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center is an aquatic facility in Federal Way, Washington constructed for the 1990 Goodwill Games.. It has hosted US Olympic Diving Team Trials in 2000 and 2012, [2] NCAA championships, PAC-12 conference championships, USA Swimming Winter National championships and Speedo Junior National championships. [2]
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]
It’s beyond the minimum standard of 2 meters that was still in place when Paris 2024 plans were approved; but below the new World Aquatics minimum of 2.5 meters.
Olympic swimmer Carson Foster's hometown swim club cheered him on in the men's 200-meter IM final on Friday.
Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (55 yards) and reaching 1,500 meters (1,600 yards), [2] also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for ' front crawl ', [ 3 ] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [ 4 ]