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Butterfly stroke Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke Butterfly stroke, shortly before entering the water again; view from behind. The butterfly (shortened to fly [1]) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick") along with the movement of the hips and chest.
In high school, collegiate, and Olympic swimming, there are two undulating strokes (breaststroke and butterfly stroke) and two alternating strokes (front crawl and backstroke). Most strokes involve rhythmic and coordinated movements of all major body parts — torso, arms, legs, hands, feet, and head.
Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming.The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers after butterfly due to the importance of timing and the coordination required to move the legs properly.
100m breaststroke: 59.01 sf: Nicolò Martinenghi Italy 23 August 2017: World Junior Championships: Indianapolis, United States [14] 200m breaststroke: 2:08.04 Dong Zhihao China 28 July 2023: World Championships: Fukuoka, Japan [15] 200m breaststroke: 2:07.35 not ratified: Qin Haiyang China 4 September 2017: National Games: Tianjin, China [16 ...
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 ...
Medley swimming is a combination of four different swimming strokes (freestyle (usually front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley ( IM ) or by four swimmers as a medley relay .
breaststroke: American Record (50 m) U.S. Open Record (50 m) 50 breast: 26.45 Nic Fink (USA) 2022 World Championships June 21, 2022 / Budapest, Hungary: 26.52 [7] Michael Andrew (MA Swim Academy) 2022 USA International Team Trials April 28, 2022 / Greensboro, North Carolina: 100 breast: 58.14 [8] Michael Andrew (Race Pace Club) 2020 US Olympic ...
The stroke is useful in competitive swimming for its physical properties: it reduces drag while providing a significant amount of thrust, with comparatively low physical exertion. [ 1 ] In competitive breaststroke swimming, a single dolphin kick is allowed before the breaststroke pullout at the start and each turn, and it must be performed ...