Freestyle Swimming

Freestyle Swimming

Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to only limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. (In other words, they have great freedom with respect to their swimming style.) The stroke used almost universally in freestyle races is the front crawl, as this style is generally the fastest. This swim style is also the most common and has longer distances, such as 500M Freestyle, than other swim styles. For this reason, the term freestyle is sometimes used as a synonym for front crawl.

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