Paralympic Swimming Participant Classification

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Athletes with physical and visual disabilities compete in the different fields of the Paralympic Games. Twenty sports events make up the program of the Summer Paralympic Games. One of these events is swimming and, hence, is called Paralympic swimming. But Paralympic swimming is also played in sports competitions for the physically- and visually-impaired athletes in [...]

Butterfly : Fastest Yet hardest Swimming Stroke

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

There are at least sixteen different strokes utilized in swimming, and about 1/2 these are used in contests. By easy definition, a swimming stroke pertains to a method employed by a swimmer to drive himself forward ; the method involves the coordinated movements of the legs and arms. Of the different swimming styles that are [...]