In-water Start

Henri Kaarma does an in-the-water start at the 2016 Winter World Swimming Championships, photography by Konstantin Soldatov in Tyumen, Russia

In-the-water start at the 2014 Japan Open Water Swimming Championships in Tateyama, Chiba

noun - An in-water start refers to an open water swimming or winter swimming or ice swimming competition that begins in the water and does not require swimmers to dive in from a starting pontoon or run in the water from a beach, pier or shoreline to start. Swimmers stand or tread water in a depth sufficient for them to commerce swimming on the start signal.

Usage

The bay swim used an in-water start where the swimmers lined up behind the rope.

Synonyms

in-the-water start

Antonyms

beach start, dive start, run-in start, onshore start

External links

• Easy-to-See Swim Caps Are Numbered
• Open Water Swimming
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• You Can't Dive, But You Can Certainly Get A Jump
• Capturing Winter Swimming By Konstantin Soldatov
• Boat Starting In Turkey
• Types Of Open Water Swimming Starts