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Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It also has a different start from the other three competition swimming styles. The swimming style is similar to an upside down front crawl or freestyle. Both backstroke and front crawl are long-axis strokes. In individual medley backstroke is the second style swum; in the medley relay it is the first style swum.
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Which indoor swimming event do the swimmers start in the water?
Backstroke
What is only stroke were a race begins with the swimmers in the water?
The backstroke.
In Which swimming event do you begin in the water?
Back stroke
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How do you say backstroke in french?
backstroke
When was back stroke invented backstroke?
The backstroke is a swimming style that involves the swimmer laying on his back and moving his arms and feet to propel through the water. The backstroke can be dated back to ancient times, but it became popular after American Olympian Henry Hebner took the gold in the 100 m backstroke in the 1912 Olympics.
If a swimmer elects to swim backstroke in a freestyle event what kind of starting method should be used?
Any, they cannot officially achieve a backstroke time as the judges are not judging them on backstroke rules. If they want to do backstroke to find out what time they can achieve, they should do a backstroke start. In freestyle you can do what ever you want apart from touch the bottom of the pool or pull on the lane rope, so you can start however you want.
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What are four types of backstroke?
There is the normal Olympic backstroke and survival backstroke and that's it.
What is a backstroker?
A backstroker is a swimmer who swims backstroke.
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What are the different strokes used in the Olympics?
front crawl, butterfly, backstroke, breastroke
