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S7 swimmers with spinal cord injuries tend to be complete paraplegics with lesions below L2 to L3. When swimming, they are able to do an effective catch phase because of good hand control. They can use their arms to get power and maintain control. Their hips are higher in the water than lower numbered classes for people with spinal cord injuries.
Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) Venue: Duna Arena: Location: Budapest, Hungary: Dates: 14 December (heats and semifinals) 15 December (final) Competitors: 94 from 85 nations: Winning time: 22.83 WR: Medalists
Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) Venue: Duna Arena: Location: Budapest, Hungary: Dates: 10 December (heats and final) Competitors: 79 from 19 nations: Teams: 19: Winning time: 3:01.66 WR: Medalists
Men's 50 metre freestyle at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships; Venue: Aspire Dome: Location: Doha, Qatar: Dates: 16 February (heats and semifinal) 17 February (final) Competitors: 117 from 111 nations: Winning time: 21.44: Medalists
Swimming classification generally has three components. The first is a bench press. The second is water test. The third is in competition observation. [42] As part of the water test, swimmers are often required to demonstrate their swimming technique for all four strokes. They usually swim a distance of 25 meters for each stroke.
Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions [1] on their swimming stroke. 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 ...
Type of amputation for an A1 classified sportsperson. A1 and A3 swimmers in this class have a similar stroke length and stroke rate to able bodied swimmers. [8] A study comparing the performance of swimming competitors at the 1984 Summer Paralympics found there was no significant difference in performance in times between men and women in A2 and A3 in the 50 meter breaststroke, men and women ...
The Women's 800-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Defending champion Katie Ledecky successfully defended her title in 8:13.58 with a final lap comeback against Italy's Simona Quadarella .