Sentences with phrase «of breaststroke»

Not exact matches

Outside of these elite athletes, most of us will never feel the rush of completing a perfect dismount from the balance beam or finishing the 200 - meter breaststroke ahead of an internationally ranked rival.

In the first of four evening finals, Japan's Kosuke Hagino won the men's 400m individual medley, the grueling discipline that combines butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.

The day's record spree began with Britain's Adam Peaty, who broke his own world mark of 57.92 in the heats of the 100 breaststroke when he clocked 57.55.

Brian Gettelfinger, an accomplished swimmer, swam through about 600 pounds of a syrup substitute — an edible thickener called guar gum — using backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.

After Rie Kaneto of Japan opened the evening by winning the women's 200 breaststroke ahead of Russia's Yulia Efimova, first - time U.S. Olympian Ryan Murphy won the 200 backstroke for his second gold medal of the Games.

Blake compromised; he would swim the 50 -, 100 - and 200 - yard free but also the 100 and 200 breaststroke and — consider this a bit of foreshadowing — the 200 individual medley.

At last summer's worldchampionships Ziegler won gold medals in the 1,500 and 800 freestyles, andHardy set a world record of 1:06.20 in the 100 breaststroke semifinals beforefinishing second in the final to Australia's Leisel Jones.

U.S. swimmer Caitlin Leverenz dominated the breaststroke, though, putting Ye far enough back to force her to storm back in the final 50 meters of freestyle.

As a member of the Trojans swim team, Soni was a six - time NCAA Champion, winning the 200 - yard breaststroke in 2006 - 09, and the 100 - yard breast in 2008 and 2009.

Lochte didn't, though, falling back and falling further behind Phelps and Thiago Pereira of Brazil in the breaststroke.

Jackie Hogan, 10, of Radnor Woods, Del., who has won 185 swimming awards, set five age - group records in the state meet: 100 - yard individual medley (1:12.8), 50 - yard freestyle (29.0), 50 - yard breaststroke (37.7), 100 - yard free (1:02.3), 400 - yard free (4:47.5).

«Even though I saw him gettingbeaten,» Counsilman explains, «I saw his fast movements and knew hefitted our theory of what a breaststroke man should be.»

The morning session saw Vicky Mitropolou qualify for the women's 50m breaststroke final with a third place finish in her heat with a time of 31.13 s.

Spindrift Beck DALLAS > Swimming Spindrift, a junior at The Hockaday School, set a national independent - school record in the 100 - yard breaststroke (1:00.66), breaking the mark of Olympian Caroline Bruce.

PATTY CARETTO of the City of Commerce (Calif.) Swim Club posted new U.S. marks in the 1,650 -(18:03.6) and 500 - yard (5:15.6) freestyle events; CYNTHIA GOYETTE of Detroit set new records in the 100 -(1:09) and 200 - yard (2:26.4) breaststroke; SHARON STOUDER swam the 100 - yard butterfly in 58 seconds flat, bettering by 8/10 second the mark set in 1964 by Kathy Ellis of Indianapolis; CATHY FERGUSON of the Los Angeles AC won the 200 - yard backstroke and set a record in the 100 - yard backstroke (1:09.9); SUE PITT of East Brunswick, N.J. broke the 200 - yard butterfly mark with a 2:09.6; PENNY ESTES of Miami the 200 - yard freestyle (1:58.2); and the City of Commerce teams the 400 - yard medley relay (4:06.8) and the 400 - yard freestyle relay (3:40.8).

Elizabeth Waters, 4, of Metairie, La., who has swum since she was 2, and breaststroked half a mile in 45 minutes at 3, swam the 25 - yard breast against 9 - and 10 - year - olds, but finished last.

Renee Laravie, 10, of the Dayton Dolphins set a new state record of 2:23.3 for the 200 - yard freestyle at the Ohio AAU Class A championships — plus new meet records in the 50 - and 100 - yard free - styles, the 100 - yard individual medley and the 50 - yard breaststroke.

SUSIE ATWOOD (backstroke), KIM BRECHT (breaststroke), ALICE JONES (butterfly) and CINDY SCHILLING (freestyle) combined for a 4:27.4, trimming seven - tenths of a second off the old mark and finishing well ahead of the second - place Japanese team, whose 4:36.3 broke the national record.

Most of the time, there are grey areas in every question, but not in this case: Swim the breaststroke, and do so with enthusiasm and a smile on your face when the race is called.

Triple world champion Adam Peaty progressed fastest through to Saturday's final of the 100m breaststroke.

At the British Swimming Championships Adam Peaty showed what was to come with a comfortable 100m breaststroke victory, while Jazz Carlin officially booked her Rio spot with 400m freestyle victory in her final event of the week.

Adam Peaty won gold in the 100m breaststroke and Jazz Carlin got silver in the 400m freestyle - within eight minutes of each other - on the second night of swimming finals.

The researchers called that a breaststroke because, like for human swimmers, the stroke does not require it to break the surface of the solution.

Technically poor, wide breaststroke kick leads to additional stress on the inside of the knee.

It might rather be that it is the anterior and medial position of the insertion on the pubic bone that increases the stress in the high risk movements with forceful contractions including both hip abduction and hip extension [checkout hip rotation in breaststroke].

Choose a stroke that fits you the best out of these three: Front Crawl (Freestyle), Breaststroke or the Butterfly.

Just half an hour of swimming breaststroke three times a week can help you burn about 900 calories, depending on your body weight.

Swimming breaststroke for just 30 minutes can torch around 360 calories depending on your level of intensity and speed and your overall body weight.

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Around 200 people gathered at Repton School's Sports Centre on the morning of Monday August 8 to watch GB swimmer Adam Peaty power his way to an Olympic gold medal and a new world record in the men's 100m breaststroke event.

Newfies have a coat that is almost waterproof, webbed paws that allow them to swim fast, a powerful breaststroke, an excellent lung capacity, and a heart that makes them one of the most loyal dogs when it comes time to save someone caught in the waves.

They have excellent lung capacity, a coat that is almost waterproof with webbed paws that allow them to swim faster, a powerful breaststroke, and of course a big heart.

7 chapters combining: 12 different types of swimmers: each with their own way of moving around, ranging from the simple breaststroke swimmers to the more complex divers or cheeky water - bombing kids 12 different objects to interact with: buoys, fins, water guns, you can even ride a kayak!