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Lin Li (swimmer)
Lin Li (; born May 4, 1970) is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding swimmer from China. She swam for China at the: *Olympics: 1988, 1992, 1996 *World Championships: 1991 *Asian Games: 1990, 1994 *Pan Pacific Championships: 1989, 1991 At the 1992 Olympics, she set a World Record in winning the women's 200 IM in 2:11.65, as well as also garnering silver medals in 200m breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ... and 400m IM."1992 Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Swimming" – ''databaseOly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Individual Medley
Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual medley Individual medley consists of a single swimmer swimming equal distances of four different strokes within one race. Stroke order Individual medley consists of four strokes. These four strokes go in an order by Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and finally Freestyle. The swimmer will swim one quarter of the race in each style, in a certain order. The strokes are swum in this order: # Butterfly # Backstroke # Breaststroke # Freestyle (4th can be any stroke except butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke; most swimmers use the front crawl). Competitions A number of competitions in the individual medley are regularly contested, by both men and women. The competitions are limited in that every distance must consist of either four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |