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Swimming is the self-propulsion of a
person through water, or a
liquid substance,
usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.
Locomotion is achieved...
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Swimming is an
individual or team
racing sport that
requires the use of one's
entire body to move
through water. The
sport takes place in
pools or open...
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swimming pool,
swimming bath,
wading pool,
paddling pool, or
simply pool, is a
structure designed to hold
water to
enable swimming or
other leisure activities...
- Nude
swimming, or
skinny dipping, is the
practice of
swimming or
bathing naked,
whether in
natural bodies of
water or in
swimming pools. The term skinny-dip...
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Competitive swimming in
Britain started around 1830,
mostly using ****troke.
Swimming was part of the
first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens....
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aquatics sports:
swimming, diving, high diving, open
water swimming,
artistic swimming, and
water polo. They are run by FINA, and all
swimming events are contested...
- The
world records in
swimming are
ratified by FINA, the
international governing body of
swimming.
Records can be set in long
course (50 metres) or short...
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Swimming to Cambodia, also
known as
Spalding Gray's
Swimming to Cambodia, is a 1987
American concert film
written by and
starring Spalding Gray, and directed...
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Swimming with
Sharks (also
known as The Boss and
Buddy Factor) is a 1994
American dark
psychological comedy-drama film
written and
directed by
George Huang...
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Swimming has been a
sport at
every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to
women since 1912.
Swimming has the second-highest
number of
Olympic medal...
