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    This short essay discusses the author's love of swimming. It provides details on the four competitive swimming strokes, distances raced, and regulations. The freestyle is the author's favorite. Michael Phelps is noted as winning 8 gold medals in swimming at the 2004 Olympics. Swimming provides significant physical and mental health benefits and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. For the author, swimming is a fun and relaxing exercise.

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    This short essay discusses the author's love of swimming. It provides details on the four competitive swimming strokes, distances raced, and regulations. The freestyle is the author's favorite. Michael Phelps is noted as winning 8 gold medals in swimming at the 2004 Olympics. Swimming provides significant physical and mental health benefits and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. For the author, swimming is a fun and relaxing exercise.

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    This short essay discusses the author's love of swimming. It provides details on the four competitive swimming strokes, distances raced, and regulations. The freestyle is the author's favorite. Michael Phelps is noted as winning 8 gold medals in swimming at the 2004 Olympics. Swimming provides significant physical and mental health benefits and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. For the author, swimming is a fun and relaxing exercise.

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    Short Essay

    on Swimming
    by Prasad Nanda

    My favourite sport
    unquestionably is swimming. I
    learned swimming when I was
    six years old and my parents
    tell me that I took to
    swimming like a fish takes to
    water.
    There are several reasons
    why I prefer swimming over
    all other sports. However the
    topmost remains, my love of

    water. Besides, swimming


    does not require expensive
    gear. A swimsuit and a pair of
    waterproof goggles and you
    are set to swim.
    There are four strokes in
    competitive swimming. The
    freestyle which is my personal
    favourite has no restrictions.
    The three other styles are the
    backstroke, the breaststroke,
    which is commonly called as
    frog style, and the butterfly.
    The mechanics and the turns
    are strictly regulated in these

    three strokes. Freestyle races


    in major championships are
    over 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m
    and 1500m for men, with the
    800m instead of the 1500m
    for women.
    In the other three strokes,
    both men and woman race
    over 100m and 200m.There
    are medley races for both
    men and woman, over 200m
    and 400m, in which each
    stroke is swum for 50m and
    100m respectively, the order
    being butterfly, backstroke,

    breaststroke and freestyle.


    Relay races include 4x100m
    and 4x200m, as well as a
    medley 4x 100m relay in
    which the order of the strokes
    is backstroke, breaststroke,
    butterfly and freestyle.
    The standard long-course
    swimming events take place
    in Olympic-size pools, which
    measure 50m approximately
    and which have eight lanes,
    2.3m wide.
    Competitors dive in from
    starting blocks, except for the

    backstroke, which is started in


    the pool, and are timed to the
    1/1000^ of a second by
    touching the electronic pads
    at the finish. Swimmers must
    keep in their own lanes,
    marked with ropes on the
    surface.
    Lines of flags hang over the
    pool to let backstrokers know
    when they are within 5m of a
    turn or the finish. The
    competitor with the fastest
    entry time is assigned the
    lane on the right of the centre

    line. Slower swimmers are


    assigned lanes alternately to
    the left and right with the
    slowest swimmers in the
    outside lanes. If entry times
    are an indicator of form, the
    swimmers should spread out
    into a spearhead formation.
    Michael Phelps an American
    swimmer won a record eight
    medals for swimming at the
    2004 Olympic Games in
    Athens. The American
    swimmers are the highest
    medal takers at the Olympics.

    There are various other


    sports that are associated
    with swimming like
    synchronized swimming, long
    distance swimming and water
    polo.
    Swimming for fitness is an
    activity which offers health
    benefits for a lifetime and is
    well worth the effort it takes to
    get into the pool. It increases
    lung capacity and makes the
    heart pump better. It gives
    you the chance to hang
    around with friends frolicking

    in the water. It gives you


    respite from the heat. Regular
    swimming builds endurance,
    muscle strength, and cardiovascular fitness. It can serve
    as a cross-training element to
    your regular workouts.
    Besides, people all ages can
    swim. As swimming is a nonweight bearing exercise it is
    easy on the joints and even
    people with arthritis can swim
    without worrying that the
    exercise might ruin their
    bones further. Swimming

    burns calories a mile per


    pound of body weight so its a
    good exercise for weight loss
    as well.
    There are many psychological
    benefits to swimming. If you
    relax and swim with very little
    effort and let your mind
    wander focusing on nothing
    but the rhythm of your stroke
    before long a feeling of wellbeing settles similar to the
    feeling one gets from
    meditation. For me swimming
    is a mixture of exercise and

    fun. Spending time floating on


    my back listening to the water
    lap my feet is so soothing and
    relaxing that it makes me
    wish I didnt ever have to step
    out of the water.

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