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Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, [1] with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual ...
Hungarian National Swimming Championships; Irish Open Short Course Swimming Championships; Japan National Swimming Championships (Japan Swim) Italian National Championships (Spring - Absolute, Summer, Winter), open to international competition; Lithuanian Swimming Championships, for example 2020 Lithuanian Swimming Championships
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 ...
Competitors swim different distances in different levels of competition. For example, swimming has been an Olympic sport since 1896, and the current program includes events from 50 m to 1500 m in length, across all four main strokes and medley. During the season competitive swimmers typically train multiple times per day and week to increase ...
The artistic swimming competition will be held at the Aquatics Centre in Paris. The venue will also host water polo and diving events for the Olympic Games. The venue will also host water polo and ...
World Aquatics, [3] formerly known as FINA (French: Fédération internationale de natation; English: International Swimming Federation), [a] is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) [4] for administering international competitions in water sports.
The World Aquatics governing body of swimming has eased rules that now allow approved athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in team events at international meetings. World Aquatics confirmed ...
U.S. Masters Swimming is the governing body of masters swimming in the United States, sponsoring competition at all levels. In addition, it sponsors programs for non-competitive "fitness" swimmers who train primarily for the health benefits that the activity offers to the aging athlete.