Age-group swimming
From Openwaterpedia
noun - Age-group swimming (or competitive swimming) is a sport where pool and open water swimmers race under the age of 19 years compete to improve upon their time or to beat their competitors in any given event. Age-group swimmers are competitive swimmers who undergo various cycles of training and swimming stroke instruction.
There are individual swimming events for the butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley and 4 types of relays that are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) or their member organisations in the respective countries.
Recognized Types of Competition
- Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 10 km (or similar open water swimming competitions of lesser distance)
- Backstroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Breaststroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Butterfly: 50m, 100m, 200m
- Individual medley: 100m (in 25m pools only), 200m, 400m
- Relays: 4×100m freestyle, 4×200m freestyle, 4×100m medley, 5 km 3-person team pursuit
Synonym
External links
- In Pursuit Of Excellence In The Open Water
- Open Water Team Pursuit Rules
- Official OMEGA Timing Results for Today's 5K Team Pursuit
- Americans And Aussies Lead Team Pursuit At World Championships
- Will Pool To Follow Open Water? FINA's Mixed Gender Relays
- Triathlon And The Collegiate Experience
- In Pursuit Of Competition And Camaraderie
- Pick Winners, Get FINIS SwimSense
- Junior Open Water Swimmers Join The World Stage
- Open Water Swimming In Shanghai At The World Championships
- Team Pursuit At The 2013 FINA World Championships
