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  2. Bartosz Kizierowski - Wikipedia

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    The Race Club, originally known as "The World Team," was designed to serve as a training group for elite swimmers across the world in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. To be able to train with the Race Club, one must either have been ranked in the top 20 in the world the past 3 calendar years or top 3 in their nation in the past year.

  3. Backstroke - Wikipedia

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    Backstroke start, waiting for the signal. The backstroke start is the only start from the water. [2] The swimmer faces the wall and grabs part of the start block or the wall with their hands. Ideally, there are grips on the block for this purpose. The legs are placed shoulder width apart on the wall with both heels slightly off the wall.

  4. Swimming (sport) - Wikipedia

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    After all swimmers have assumed their stationary position, the starter will push a button on the starting system, signaling the start of a race with a loud noise (usually a beep or a horn) and flash from a strobe light. A starter sends the swimmers off the blocks and may call a false start if a swimmer leaves the block before the starter sends ...

  5. List of Australian Championships records in swimming

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    50m backstroke: 24.44 OC, ACR: Isaac Cooper: Rackley 20 May 2022: 2022 Championships: Adelaide, Australia [8] 100m backstroke: 52.38 ACR: Mitch Larkin: St Peters Western 10 June 2019: 2019 Trials Brisbane, Australia [9] 200m backstroke: 1:53.90 Mitch Larkin: St Peters Western 12 April 2016: 2016 Championships: Adelaide, Australia [10] 50m ...

  6. David Berkoff - Wikipedia

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    At the Olympic Trials on August, 13, 1988, Berkoff swam a 54.95 for the 100-meter backstroke preliminaries breaking Igor Poliansky’s (URS) 100-meter backstroke world record and again broke the world record in the Olympic Trial finals with a 54.91. He became the first swimmer to go under 55 seconds for the event. [4]

  7. List of British records in swimming - Wikipedia

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    Records can also be set at intermediate distances in an individual race and for the first leg of a relay race. The ratification process involves the swimmer submitting an application to British Swimming, providing details such as the swimmer's name(s), time swum, date and location of the swim, names of officials, and the swimsuit model worn.

  8. Viktor Bodrogi - Wikipedia

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    In his second event, 200 m backstroke, Bodrogi was disqualified from the fourth heat for passing and breaching the 15-metre start line during the race. [5] At the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Bodrogi cleared a two-minute barrier to lead a third fastest semifinal time and set a Hungarian record of 1:59.24 in the 200 m ...

  9. Brad Cooper - Wikipedia

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    At the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, he was upset in the 100 m backstroke by fellow Australian Mark Tonelli and finished third, but set a new Australian record in the 200 m backstroke to win gold. In the freestyle events, he managed a silver in the 400 m, three seconds outside his best, and finished last in the 1500 m freestyle, one ...