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About
Swimming |
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Swimming
offers many unique advantages over other sports making
it an ideal choice for young people. Long-time swimmers
can attest to the life skills gained by participation,
including time management, goal setting, cooperation and
independence.
Ever since its inclusion in the Olympic as a sport in
1896, Swimming has undergone tremendous development. As
it gained popularity over the years, ancient swimming
stroke like freestyle is now joined by other modern strokes
namely butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke and individual
medley. Today, from the humble beginning of just 4 swimming
events, the Olympic now offers up to 32 events ranging
various swimming strokes.
Swimming in Singapore experienced a new wave of changes
in 2005. Through strategic improvements and
alignments to target, preparatory, developmental and
local competitions, Singapore has seen its best
performances at the South-East Asian Games and Asian
Games in recent years. |
