Swimming
Swimming can be dated back to the stone age, but did not truly become an organised sport until the early 19th century.
Title:
Water sports Federation of Turkmenistan
E-mail:
tkmaquatics@gmail.com
President:
Guvanch Ataniyazov
AN ANCIENT DISCIPLINE
Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross rivers and lakes – we know this because cave paintings from the Stone Age depicting swimmers have been found in Egypt. Swimming was also referred to in Greek mythology.
DAWN OF A SPORT
Swimming was not widely practised until the early 19th century, when the National Swimming Society of Great Britain began to hold competitions. Most early swimmers used the breaststroke, or a form of it.
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- Swimming has been an Olympic sport since 1896 but it wasn’t until 1912 that women started to participate in this competitive sport, at the Olympics.
- Energetic swimming for an hour can burn up to 784 calories, depending on the stroke.
- In fact, it is the stroke of choice for freestyle competitions and triathlons! That is because the front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke.