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Cheeky Monkey

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• Jun 29, 2021

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With England’s crunch football match looming it begs the question - has anyone ever swum anything but front crawl in a ‘freestyle’ swimming race, Olympic, Commonwealth Games, Seaford Head School pool or otherwise? Why not just call it a crawl race? Could an ‘aggressive’ butterfly stroke or a rapid side stroke ever best a front crawl? Hmmmm...

 

Cowfold Seagull

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Apr 22, 2009

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• Jun 29, 2021

• #2

Well hey l'm no swimmer, but isn't butterfly a faster stroke than crawl?

 

schmunk

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• Jun 29, 2021

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Cowfold Seagull said:

Well hey l'm no swimmer, but isn't butterfly a faster stroke than crawl?

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In a word, no.


In three words, no it's not.

 

Super Steve Earle

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Feb 23, 2009

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• Jun 29, 2021

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Cowfold Seagull said:

Well hey l'm no swimmer, but isn't butterfly a faster stroke than crawl?

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Apparently the butterfly is about 7% slower overall. I looked it up because I know nothing about swimming but thought crawl looks faster.

 

zefarelly

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Jul 7, 2003

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Are flippers allowed?

 

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nickbrighton

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zefarelly said:

Are flippers allowed?

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unfair advantage

 

Cowfold Seagull

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Super Steve Earle said:

Apparently the butterfly is about 7% slower overall. I looked it up because I know nothing about swimming but thought crawl looks faster.

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All that effort you need to put into butterfly, it ought to be faster!

 

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maffew

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Dec 10, 2003

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• Jun 29, 2021

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schmunk said:

In a word, no.


In three words, no it's not.

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Technically that's in four words.

 

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Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012

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• Jun 29, 2021

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Cheeky Monkey said:

With England’s crunch football match looming it begs the question - has anyone ever swum anything but front crawl in a ‘freestyle’ swimming race, Olympic, Commonwealth Games, Seaford Head School pool or otherwise? Why not just call it a crawl race? Could an ‘aggressive’ butterfly stroke or a rapid side stroke ever best a front crawl? Hmmmm...

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All but one triathlon I've done has involved me doing breaststroke for the swim leg – which is essentially 'freestyle', although I don't think backstroke is encouraged.

I simply couldn't do crawl properly because of breathing issues, but I found that I was actually quicker than quite a few people doing crawl. Then I re-learned how to swim and nailed the swim leg as part of an Ironman in a time that was WAY quicker than I'd imagine.