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1st. account times discovered swimming so people can cross rivers and thats where it flourished
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2nd.in 1539 Nikolaus Wynmann wrote a book about swimming it made it more aware it taught people how not to drown and wrote about breast stroke
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3rd.1837 National Swimming Society began in london by 1880 over 300 regional clubs began across the country
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4th. 1880’s a man named Frederick Cavill traveled to the south seas he watched native americans swim he learned from them and the famous Australian crawl. (which is crawl and flutter kick)
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5th. 19th century Britain began to hold it as a sport it began with breaststroke
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6th. 1935-1945 australian swimmer invented a new technique. because of that arms are bent under water while swimming
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7th. 1956 summer olympics 6 swimmers were disqualified for swimming long distances and breathing in-between . that changed the breast stroke to be swam at the surface
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8th. 1956 games in Melbourne saw the introduction and added the flip turn
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9.1998 FINA made a rule making swimmers 15 meters underwater per lap before hitting surface
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2005 FINA said you have to attest 1 underwater dolphon kick in motion of a breast stroke pull-out
