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List of water sports. A variety of water sports; from top left: diving, surfing, water polo, synchronized swimming, swimming, rowing, yacht racing, dragon boat racing, kayaking. Water sports or aquatic sports are sports activities conducted on waterbodies and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants.
2020. 2024. 2028. Medalists. Diving was first introduced in the official programme of the Summer Olympic Games at the 1904 Games of St. Louis and has been an Olympic sport since. It was known as "fancy diving" [1] for the acrobatic stunts performed by divers during the dive (such as somersaults and twists). This discipline of Aquatics, along ...
Waterboarding can cause extreme pain, damage to lungs, brain damage from oxygen deprivation, other physical injuries including broken bones due to struggling against restraints, and lasting psychological damage. [ 6 ] Adverse physical effects can last for months, and psychological effects for years. [ 7 ]
Maddie Ellis. July 31, 2024 at 11:37 PM. Katie Ledecky dominated the women's 1500-meter freestyle July 31 — so much so, that when she finished the race, no other swimmers were visible on NBC's ...
Competitions in the sport of surfing, governed by the International Surfing Association (ISA), have been held at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. First selected as one of the discretionary sports at the 2020 and 2024 games, surfing will be inducted as one of the mandatory sports at the 2028 games. Athletes compete in the discipline of ...
The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', [3] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [4] It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. [5] The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympics, closed water swimming was introduced.
In the freestyle, swimmers originally dove from the pool walls, but diving blocks were first incorporated at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The flip-turn was developed by the 1950s. Swimming goggles were first allowed in 1976. The butterfly stroke events were not held until 1956. Previous rules permitted the butterfly stroke in breaststroke races.
The modern Olympic Games (OG; or Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques, JO) [a][1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports ...