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bee_rider
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The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim s...
It is annoying that rules were added to the “freestyle” race, to preclude these new better underwater forms of swimming. Freestyle ought to mean you are free to pick any style.
mikeytown2
60 days ago
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The rule is only on the IM; freestyle can't be butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke.
bee_rider
59 days ago
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They added a rule in 1998, you can only go 15 meters underwater after the flip. Although I guess there are safety concerns, which seems reasonable…
aleph_minus_one
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But why do we need this rule if front crawl is faster anyway?
bee_rider
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IM stands for individual medley so it makes sense that they’d restrict the swimming types in that race
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