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Strokes in swimming

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There are four official strokes Freestyle (front crawl)

Backstroke (back crawl)

Breaststroke

Butterfly

Many variations and other strokes but those are the four strokes in the Olympics there is also a stroke called I.M. (individual Medley) which is Fly, Back, Breast, Free.

Also different relays

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