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Did you know?

Triathletes use their legs less vigorously and more carefully than other swimmers, conserving their leg muscles for the cycle and run to follow.

Many triathletes use altered swim strokes to compensate for turbulent, aerated water and to conserve energy for a long swim.

Triathletes will often use "dolphin kicking" and diving to make headway against waves, and body surfing to use a wave's energy for a bit of speed at the end of the swim stage.

Swim History 101

Drawings from the Stone Age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Sura in the southwestern part of Egypt.

Written references date back up to 2000 B.C. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book.

Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using the breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the Trudgen, was introduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from Native Americans.

Facts gathered from www.wikipedia.com