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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.
Pull-down Breaststroke: most common swim stroke underwater as it requires very low energy. Main application is for dynamic apnea (DNF) Sea lion stroke: based on the swimming style of sea lions , [ 4 ] this swimming stroke is primarily performed with sculling , arms at the side along the bodyline and strongly supported with flutter kicks in a ...
The face-down swimming position allows for a good range of motion of the arm in the water, as compared to the backstroke, where the hands cannot be moved easily along the back of the spine. The above-water recovery of the stroke reduces drag, compared to the underwater recovery of breaststroke .
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She will become the first U.S. swimmer to swim the 100m and 200m breaststroke in three straight Olympics. 📺 NBC & @peacock ... in the 100-meter breaststroke. She surprisingly came up short for ...
Dong Zhihao (born 31 March 2005) is a Chinese swimmer, [2] who holds the world junior record in the 200-meter breaststroke. He won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2024 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke; Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke; 2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre breaststroke; 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 50 metre breaststroke
Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke, born September 22, 1982) is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer.He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games.