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The Spanish Federation of Underwater Activities (Spanish: Federación Española de Actividades Subacuáticas, FEDAS) is the governing body in the field of Spanish aquatic sports. As of 2023, the federation has 897 registered clubs and 31,828 federated athletes.
However, one Japanese swimmer, Masaru Furukawa, circumvented the rule by not surfacing at all after the start, but swimming as much of the lane underwater as possible before breaking the surface. He swam all but 5 meters underwater for the first three 50 meter laps, and also swam half of the last lap underwater, winning the gold medal.
Fishkill's SpashDown Beach was a host park for a worldwide swimming lesson held Thursday, June 20, ... with the World Health Organization estimating 236,000 people died from drowning in 2019.
On Thursday people around the world were scheduled to splash into pools for the 15th edition of the World’s Largest Swim Lesson. This included a host of pools in the Fort Worth area.
Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS; known in English as the World Underwater Federation) is an international federation that represents underwater activities in underwater sport and underwater sciences, and oversees an international system of recreational snorkel and scuba diver training and recognition.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends swimming lessons for children from 1–4, along with other precautionary measures to prevent drowning. [4] In 2010, the American Academy of Pediatrics reversed its previous position in which it had disapproved of lessons before age 4, indicating that the evidence no longer supported an advisory against early swimming lessons.
In both the Netherlands and Belgium swimming lessons under school time (schoolzwemmen, school swimming) are supported by the government. Most schools provide swimming lessons. There is a long tradition of swimming lessons in the Netherlands and Belgium, the Dutch translation for the breaststroke swimming style is even schoolslag (schoolstroke ...
NOB - Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond – Dutch governing body for underwater sports (Dutch Underwater Federation) CMAS code NED/F00 [2] [5] NUWF - Namibia Underwater Federation CMAS code NAM/F00 [2] PADI - Professional Association of Diving Instructors – Recreational diver training and certification agency EUF CB 2004001 [7] [8] [18]